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The Mower
The Mower is a 1979 poem by British poet Philip Larkin, written on 12 June 1979.〔Larkin, Philip (2004). ''Collected Poems''. Edited by Anthony Thwaite. London: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, ISBN 978-0-374-52920-8〕 It was first published in ''Humberside'', the Hull Literary Club magazine, in Autumn 1979.
The poem describes a moment when Larkin accidentally killed a hedgehog with his lawn mower while mowing his lawn.
Author Maeve Brennan recalled an earlier incident in which Larkin had deliberately killed a hedgehog with his car, and his guilt about it. She linked that incident with the later poem.〔Brennan, Maeve (2002). ''The Philip Larkin I Knew,'' p. 64. Manchester University Press, ISBN 978-0-7190-6276-6〕 Author Sisir Kumar Chatterjee writes that the poem embodies Larkin's themes of "mutual care, sympathy, and kindness."〔Chatterjee Sisir Kumar (2006). ''Philip Larkin: Poetry That Build Bridges.'' Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, ISBN 978-81-269-0606-2〕 Janice Rossen notes this is a recurring theme in his work, citing the similar suffering of a dying rabbit in "Myxomatosis," published in ''The Less Deceived''.〔Rossen, Janice (1989). ''Philip Larkin: His Life's Work.'' University of Iowa Press, ISBN 978-0-87745-271-3〕
The archive of Philip Larkin's work at University of Hull includes the blue rotary lawn mower involved in the incident that inspired the poem.〔McDonald, Guy (2004). ''Cadogan Guide: England,'' p. 836. New Holland Publishers, ISBN 978-1-86011-116-7〕
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