A double parody to lighten your mood—on “Ozymandias” and Larkin’s “This Be the Verse.”
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They Oz You Up, Your Mandias
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What Your Mum and Dad Do to You
Adrian Mitchell claps back against Philip Larkin’s “They fuck you up, your mum and dad.” While he lacks Larkin’s bite, he captures my own upbringing much better.
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Ted Lasso, Not Larkin, for Child Advice
Larkin’s famous poem “They fuck you up, your mum and dad” is wrong in a number of interesting ways.
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