"English rose" -> classically beautiful/fair
"And her friend in specs I could talk to" -> Larkin could talk to her because he didn't 'like' her/find her attractive in that way - security/not nervous/personality - lusted after "bosomy rose".
"I met beautiful twice" -> doesn't refer to her by her name just as "beautiful" - categorising her - comparing the two friends.
"in my wallet are still two snaps of bosomy rose" -> got something out of it in the end - has pined after her for so long.
"after seven years" -> Lark had had a long term/serious relationship with her "friend in specs".
"gave a ten-guinea ring" -> expensive - got engaged to her - obviously cared for her in some way.
"wrote over four-hundred letters" -> intimate relationship with her friend - meant something to him.
"after about five rehearsals" -> they nearly broke up five times until they finally split up.
"about twenty years ago" -> "bosomy English rose" is still ideal - and he still has pictures of her after 20 years - must have viewed as as the 'perfect girl'.
Larkin cares more about looks than personality -> objectification.
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