Should I ask on Literature whether it's true that streets in Ireland in 1955 were "end-on to hills", more often than those in England?

Question

Philip Larkin's 1955 poem "The Importance of Elsewhere" implies that Irish streets are often end-on to hills.

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I had a look at Literature Help but did not see anything specifically referring to that type of question.

Should I ask this question on Literature?

Answer 1

Yes, this question would be OK for Literature, as long as you ask it from the point of view of investigating the poem. For example, "Is this description of streets in Larkin's poem accurate?" You might get answers along the lines of "yes it is [with evidence]" or "no, but Larkin describing streets like this makes poetic sense because [...]". The historical-context tag would be appropriate.

If you wanted to ask it as a purely historical question, "Were Irish streets in 1955 like this?", then History SE would probably be more appropriate (although I don't know their site scope very well).

But if you start from the poem (which is on-topic for Literature) and pose a question about its historical accuracy, that should be fine for us. You might even learn more about Larkin and/or the poem than you expected to.