https://padlet.com/LaurynTucker/tkmnloqy7bz6 Corrine, Lauryn, Charles en-us 2019-10-03 14:25:58 UTC 2025-12-23 18:32:05 UTC hello@padlet.com http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/philip-larkin-14.jpg LaurynTucker https://padlet.com/LaurynTucker/tkmnloqy7bz6/wish/393043215 The setting of this piece is in that of an area that used to be the beautiful countryside but is now being industrialized.  This setting depicts the authors emotions about this change in scenery in that he does not approve of it.  The author opens the piece with, "swerving east, from rich industrial shadows" (Larkin Line 1).  Place develops the tension of Nature vs. Technology.  Even though the Industrialization Period was a very important time for the different countries of the world, many people did not approve of this change, including the author of this piece.  Place also affects the mood of the piece because any time the author mentions the area in its industrialized state, the tone is that of remorseful and depressed.  In order to represent this remorse that Larkin feels for the industrialization, he states, "swerving through fields too thin and thistled to be called meadows" (Lines 2-3).  In contrast, when there is mention of the setting as it used to illustrate the land before it was industrialized, the tone is that of happiness and appreciation. He states, "swerving to solitude of skies and scarecrows, haystacks, hares and pheasants, and the widening river's slow presence, the piled gold clouds, the shining gull-marked mud" (Lines 5-8).]]> 2019-10-03 14:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/LaurynTucker/tkmnloqy7bz6/wish/393043215 LaurynTucker https://padlet.com/LaurynTucker/tkmnloqy7bz6/wish/393043346 Light is used as a reference of the mood of human psychology. Words referring to this idea like "night" (Phillip Larkin line 2) and shadows  (Line 1) is referring to the ascent of light. Night is usually a reference to the bad, wicked, and the evil. The night and shadow give the poem a sense of the wicked or evil that have corrupted someone or something. Words like "Isolate" (line  24) show the ideal of the poem; of how a person or group is contracted solely on themselves. This alludes to the idea of greed and corruption of an individual or organization.

]]> 2019-10-03 14:27:36 UTC https://padlet.com/LaurynTucker/tkmnloqy7bz6/wish/393043346 LaurynTucker https://padlet.com/LaurynTucker/tkmnloqy7bz6/wish/393044152 The syntax gives a sense of motion from the beginning of the poem, using words like "swerving" (Line 1,2,5) to make it appear that he is trying to get out of the overly populated urban area. The sentences are also broken in stanzas as if they are traveling from one stanza to another. The punctuation in the fourth stanza symbolizes a stop. There are more periods, colons, and commas in the fourth than the rest of the poem. The final sentence "Here is unfenced existence: Facing the sun, untalkative, out of reach," (Larkin Lines 31- 32) represents that Larkin has reached his final destination. The first stanza compares rural and urban communities of "...rich industrial shadows..." (Line 1) and "... skies and scarecrows, haystacks, hares and pheasants..." (Line 6). Stanza two speaks of materialistic objects in the urban lifestyle such as "...cheap suits, red kitchen-ware, sharp shoes, iced lollies, electric mixers, toaster, washers, driers..." (Lines 15-16). The third stanza speaks on the downtown area and how it is separated from the main part of society. The fourth and final stanza is the final destination on the journey, Here. Larkin expresses that "Here silence stands..." (Line 25), "Here leaves unnoticed thicken..."(Line 26), and "Here is unfenced existence..." (Line 31).]]> 2019-10-03 14:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/LaurynTucker/tkmnloqy7bz6/wish/393044152 LaurynTucker https://padlet.com/LaurynTucker/tkmnloqy7bz6/wish/393047650 Imagery is the main element in this piece.  The imagery depicts the mood and the tone of the author.  The imagery changes when the setting changes:  from that of the countryside to the city.  The imagery that is involved in the countryside brings on a bright and cheerful ideal of it.  However, the imagery that is involved in the city brings on a dark and depressed ideal of it. Within the imagery, there are multiple different types of imagery that are being used to demonstrate these differing opinions of the countryside and the city.  The two main forms of imagery in this piece is that of visual and olfactory. An example of visual imagery for the city that also brings on a negative connotation for those who approve of industrialization is that of, "the slave museum, tattoo-shops, consulates, grim head-scarfed wives" (Line 20-21). Also, in regard to the olfactory imagery depicting the disgusting nature of the city, Larkin states, "where only salesmen and relations come within a terminate and fishy-smelling pastoral of ships up streets" (Lines 18-20). In contrast, the visual imagery that is used to help the audience visualize the countryside has the opposite effect: it produces a more positive connotation for its natural beauty. Larkin states, "Here is unfenced existence: facing the sun, untalkative, out of reach" (Lines 31-32). By using this imagery, Larkin exemplifies the peacefulness that is found in solitude. ]]> 2019-10-03 14:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/LaurynTucker/tkmnloqy7bz6/wish/393047650 LaurynTucker https://padlet.com/LaurynTucker/tkmnloqy7bz6/wish/393047855 Larkin is opposed to industrialization. Mankind has an anthropocentric point of view and continues to push earth to its boundaries. People seem to think that the universe revolves around them but Larkin says otherwise. Larkin himself prefers the untouched, unfenced, unindustrialized part of earth.]]> 2019-10-03 14:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/LaurynTucker/tkmnloqy7bz6/wish/393047855 LaurynTucker https://padlet.com/LaurynTucker/tkmnloqy7bz6/wish/393053697 Imagery is used in the poem to paint a picture in the mind of the reader to give the poem a more drastic impact on the reader. The imagery in the poem give the reader a idea of how grim and destructive humans are with nature.  Philip Larkin give society sinister feel as he address the "Rich industrial shadow" (Philip Larkin line 1) and "slave museum" (line  21) . The image painted in the mind of the reader gives society a negative connotation. ]]> 2019-10-03 14:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/LaurynTucker/tkmnloqy7bz6/wish/393053697