"Church Going" is a poem by the English poet Philip Larkin (1922–1985) that is generally regarded as one of his masterpieces. Larkin's first draft of the poem was dated 24 April 1954. He worked through 21 pages of drafts, abandoned it, then took it back up, emerging with his final version in July 1954.[1] "Church Going" was published in The Less Deceived. Larkin's fondness for English ecclesiastical architecture, and the seriousness of mood he felt in such places, are apparent in the poem, standing in contrast to his cynicism about Christianity.[2] "Church Going" is notable for its reference to the "cycle-clips" often associated in the popular imagination with Larkin during his lifetime.[3]
^ Anthony Thwaite (1988). Philip Larkin Collected Poems. London: Faber and Faber., introduction page xvii
^"Philip Larkin, the Impossible Man". 2 April 2011.
^Martin Amis (2001). The War Against Cliche. London: Jonathan Cape. page 153
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