Wild Oats
Beth Kemp | Saturday March 12, 2011
Categories: Courses, A Level, AQA A Level, AQA A Level English Language & Literature A, ELLA4, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Larkin, Whitsun Weddings
This poem is not included as a taught poem in the scheme of work, nor is it mentioned on the student handout. It could be recommended to more able/interested students for the theme of femininity or love and romance.
The persona recalls two girls, one of which he went out with, while he was more attracted to the other.
Reference: the poem is said to refer to a friend of his one-time fiancée Ruth Bowman, whom Larkin wrote fantasies about in his letters to Kingsley Amis.
Links to Duffy/Plath: femininity (Plath), love and romance (Duffy)
Lang-Lit points: unusual informality of structure, colloquial lexis, sarcastic/ironic tone.
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