https://padlet.com/jlee971/3mtm4qtvt9v54ns Cooper Lee en-us 2021-09-09 14:57:07 UTC 2021-09-10 02:44:10 UTC hello@padlet.com jlee971 https://padlet.com/jlee971/3mtm4qtvt9v54ns/wish/1728397890 "...Of skies and scarecrows, haystacks, hares, and pheasants, and the widening river's slow presence, the piled gold clouds, the shining gull-marked mud...Beside grain-scattered streets, barge-crowded water, And residents from raw estates, brought down The dead straight miles by stealing flat-faced trolleys..." (Larkin 6-13).
Larkin uses visual imagery to reveal his bias towards the countryside. He describes it as being beautiful and calming. However, the city is filled with people rushing around and "push[ing] through plate-glass swing doors to their desires" (Larkin 14) which consist of "cheap suits [and] red kitchen-ware" (Larkin 15). The city is a Place of commotion, but the countryside is a Place of serenity. ]]> 2021-09-09 15:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jlee971/3mtm4qtvt9v54ns/wish/1728397890 jlee971 https://padlet.com/jlee971/3mtm4qtvt9v54ns/wish/1728399315 "Swerving east, from rich industrial shadows...swerving through fields too thin and thistled...swerving to solitude of skies and scarecrows..." (Larkin 1-6).
The repetition of the word "swerving" emphasizes the fluidity of the poem; thus, creating the feeling of movement through the countryside to the reader. The speaker is "swerving" between urban and rural settings.
"Here silence stands like heat...Here leaves unnoticed thicken...Here is unfenced existence..." (Larkin 25-31).
The repetition of the word "here" suggests that the physical destination the speaker is heading towards has been reached. Moreover, the suspense built throughout the poem regarding where "here" is lessening as the journey is concluded.]]> 2021-09-09 15:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jlee971/3mtm4qtvt9v54ns/wish/1728399315 jlee971 https://padlet.com/jlee971/3mtm4qtvt9v54ns/wish/1728401467 Poetic Diction:
"...The dead straight miles by stealing flat-faced trolleys, 
Push through plate-glass swing doors to their desires-
Cheap suites, red kitchen-ware, sharp shoes, iced lollies, Electric mixers, toasters, washers, driers" (Larkin 13-16).
"...Tattoo-shops, consulates, grim head-scarfed wives;
And out beyond its mortgaged half-built edges
Fast-shadowed wheat-fields, running high as hedges
Isolate villages, where removed lives
Loneliness clarifies" (Larkin 21-25).
This diction is another example of the fluidity of the poem. Larkin uses different rhyme schemes throughout the poem based on Place in order to create his own poetic language. In lines 13-16, the speaker is in the city and the rhyme scheme is ABAB. In contrast, in lines 21-25, the speaker is moving towards the countryside and the rhyme scheme is ABBAA. In some instances throughout the poem, Larkin does not use any rhyme scheme.

]]> 2021-09-09 15:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jlee971/3mtm4qtvt9v54ns/wish/1728401467 jlee971 https://padlet.com/jlee971/3mtm4qtvt9v54ns/wish/1728403869 In his poem, Larkin expresses the difference between urban and rural lifestyles. Urban living is rushed and chaotic; whereas, rural living is calm and beautiful. "Here" focuses on how Place can influence one's identity and personality, like living in a rural or urban environment. The speaker is more critical towards urban living because the city-dwellers allow the business of their lives to distract them from life passing them by.]]> 2021-09-09 15:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jlee971/3mtm4qtvt9v54ns/wish/1728403869 jlee971 https://padlet.com/jlee971/3mtm4qtvt9v54ns/wish/1728409490 "Here domes and statues, spires and cranes cluster" (Larkin 10).
"...Swerving to solitude Of skies and scarecrows, haystacks, hares, and pheasants..." (Larkin 5-6).
The alliteration in the poem is used to help the author emphasize key words, while also helping the poem to flow more smoothly; thus, symbolizing the journey the reader is taken on through the countryside. ]]> 2021-09-09 15:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jlee971/3mtm4qtvt9v54ns/wish/1728409490 jlee971 https://padlet.com/jlee971/3mtm4qtvt9v54ns/wish/1728415952 Larkin uses a combination of personification and a simile to help create an image of the town.  He writes, "...here silence stands like heat" (Larkin 25-26 ). This allows him to give a better description of the town by explaining the silence with another adjective, while also giving the silence a feeling with his use of personification. By saying it is standing like heat, he allows the reader to feel how the silence effects him on his journey.]]> 2021-09-09 15:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jlee971/3mtm4qtvt9v54ns/wish/1728415952