An Arundel Tomb
1956 English poem / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"An Arundel Tomb" is a poem by Philip Larkin, written and published in 1956, and subsequently included in his 1964 collection The Whitsun Weddings. It describes the poet's response to seeing a pair of recumbent medieval tomb effigies with their hands joined in Chichester Cathedral. It is described by James Booth as "one of [Larkin's] greatest poems".[1] It comprises 7 verses of 6 lines each, each with rhyme scheme ABBCAC.