Talking in bed

I enjoyed this poem because I found that there was quite a lot of hidden meanings. Although to start off with I didn't really think that it was going to be a love poem but once I looked at in more detail I changed my mind. The poem sort of shows this feeling of enduring and lasting love. I got the wrong idea because you talk about all the silence and not talking but if you read in more detail you get more feeling of it being a relationship that has been a long lasting one and one that will be lasting for a long while and the silence is one that shows their comfort between one another. I think this gave a different aspect to Larkins other poems because it is about love and it is written in a less discreet way.

Ambulances

From this poem I got quite a negative feeling. The main point given was 'the only constant thing in life is death'. The poem consisted of 2 half rhymes and 3 full rhymes. The words confessionals, thread, strewn and stowed in the second stanza. From 'confessionals' we got quite a religious idea from it- the thought of if you dont confess you will never be forgiven. The word 'thread' could mean trying to fix something, because thread is an object which is used to fix things. Strewn- meaning to pick up the pieces and stowed is something that could be a secret, hidden or something maybe illegal. And the title being ambulances you get the feeling these words all tie in for something that could be an accident.

Dockery and Son

Here you can see the shock to the persona and how he isn't bothered about his life choice. Everyone else seems to be having kids and settling down with a family. Although it isn't Larkin who this poem is about its the persona you almost get the attitude that maybe it is written about Larkin himself but you cant say because it is unknown. The persona is perceived as being very different from the rest of the people his age. Everyone else has grown up and moved on with their life but he hasn't. The poem is about a man called Dockery a man who he had met at university and now his son is at the very same university shows the time change and how everyone makes different life choices made for themselves.

Here

Larkin is describing Hull in this poem. He goes into quite a bit of detail as to what he can see and all the surroundings. It gives off the impression that he doesn't like it all that much. You get a negative feeling that he feels towards Hull by the description of all the man made objects. You see this shift of feeling coming to the final stanza when it all changes feeling. You see a sudden change and a sudden hope and looking into the distance.

The Whitsun Weddings

I felt a very negative side to this poem. You can see the bad side in marriage but you can also see the potential in having a good marriage. You see Larkin having his very philosophical views towards his life choices and portrays his views through the persona. Larkin is a very observant poem he talks about each detail of the journey once he actually notices the other people around because at first he isn't very aware.