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One of these events appears in the title of a poem whose speaker looks at her reflection in a “twisted candlestick, / Yet seeing nothing,” as a man leaves her alone to check on a banging stable door. A poem titled for these events notes the “perms, / The nylon gloves and jewellery-substitutes” (10[1])of a crowd that includes “fathers with broad belts under their suits / And seamy foreheads.” That poem (10[1])titled for these events ends by describing “A sense of falling, like an arrow-shower (10[1])/ Sent out (10[1])of sight, somewhere becoming rain.” A 1964 collection (10[1])titled for these events was followed by High Windows and includes “An Arundel (10[1])Tomb.” (10[5]-5[1])A (10[1])poem titled for these events describes a hot train journey (10[1])during which the speaker (10[2])observes happy crowds returning (-5[1])from (10[1])these events. (10[1])For 10 points, name these events that title a Philip Larkin poem set on Whitsun. ■END■ (10[3]0[2])

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