Isolation and Confronting the Cultural Norms in Philip Larkin´s Poems

In this essay, the author

• Analyzes how philip larkin transcends these themes by allowing his poetry to become more than just slices of life. his poems "talking in bed" and "high windows" examine the seemingly ordinary experiences of a couples silence.
• Analyzes how larkin uses simplistic language to revel themes of isolation and questioning cultural norms, specifically in the evolution of romantic relationships.
• Opines that those who ‘talk in bed’ must be intimate or close, at least ostensibly so.
• Analyzes how larkin hypothesizes that talking should be easy, but the only connection between the two is their physical sharing of the bed.
• Explains the use of the verb ‘ease’ and an ‘easy lay’.
• Describes the meanings of ‘to lie with’, namely, to sleep with, and to copulate with.
• Analyzes how mazid points out the implications of larkin's word choices, which draw attention to the physical, sexual, nature of the couples relationship.
• Analyzes how larkin establishes themes of isolation and questioning cultural norms by physically moving the poem's narration and perspective away from the internal voice of the speaker to an observation
• Analyzes how larkin shifts perspectives of the poem from reflective to observational. the juxtaposition between the outside world and the couple is highlighted in nahajec's poem.
• Opines that the second most prominent isotopy in the poem is that of a malicious, indifferent, if malicious character.
• Analyzes how mazid draws attention to the bleak description of the towns and larkin's use of personification as a means to strengthen the theme of isolation while also reiterating the changing cultural expectations.
• Analyzes how larkin symmetrically returns to the couples isolation and inability to communicate.
• Analyzes how larkin's use of the word "isolation" in line nine stands out as an almost affirmation that there is some isolation being felt by the speaker.
• Analyzes how larkin's poem "high windows" uses simplistic language to reveal themes of isolation and questioning the values of social norms.
• Analyzes how larkin sets the tone for the poem as observational commentary. he begins by commenting on the "kids" who have become more open about their sexuality from the publicity of contraception.
• Analyzes how the speaker, changing perspectives, moves back from his voyeuristic observation and reflects, in a envious tone on the youth and their ideals.
• Analyzes how larkin's view expands, including himself as an older man envious of youthful freedom. he compares youthfulness with being able to separate the obligations of life the way a combine mechanically separate grain.
• Analyzes larkin's generational comparison and commentary on cultural norms by reflecting back on his own youth.
• Analyzes how agin wain examines the cultural implications of larkin's commentary "religious belief ceased to be a preponderent element in western civilization."
• Analyzes how larkin establishes his views on religion by painting the scene of looking out a window at the vast blue nothingness of the sky.
• Analyzes how t.j. ross reiterates larkin's consistency in his perspective of the world and draws parallels between the speaker and the "kids".
• Analyzes how phillip larkin uses simplistic language to convey themes of isolation and questioning cultural norms in his poems "talking in bed" and "high windows."