Church Going: Introduction |Philip Larkin| Line by Line Explanation |Detailed Explanation|

Church Going Introduction
Church Going is the most important poem by Philip Larkin which was published in 1955 in the collection of poetry Less Deceived. Less Deceived was the first successful collection of poetry written by Philip Larkin and Church Going was one of the most successful poems of this collection. The poem Church going is highly skeptical in tune. It’s not about Church going but it’s about the nature of Church going in the postmodern era. Larkin address some important questions about Church Going in this poem, like, what is the attitude of people towards tradition or rituals of Church going? How serious people are about these rituals? What will happen to the Churches when they fall out of use? What will we covert them into after no believer is left? Who will be the last one to visit the Church? Why were these Churches built? Will Churches ever run out of use?
In this particular video, we will deal with the introduction to Chruch going covering topics like Why was this poem published? In which collection of poetry was this poem published? How was this poem received? What does the title of Church Going suggest? and In which context should we read this poem?
Besides the introduction to this poem, we will try to find answers to all these questions, by making a detailed analysis of this poem.
Since this is a long poem, the lecture in itself will be a long one, therefore we will divide it into various parts. In case you find difficulty in finding all parts you can refer to the PlayList.
Lin to the PlayList:    • Church Going by Philip Larkin  

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
03:58 About Title of Church Going
06:05 Text of Poem
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