Analisi poesia \"Talking in Bed\" Larking PDF

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Analisi poesia "Talking in Bed"...

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Philip Larkin Talking in Bed (1960-1964) I STANZA Talking in bed ought to be easiest, 9, 9-10, 10-11; Lying together there goes back so far, An emblem of two people being honest. II STANZA Yet more and more time passes silently. Outside, the wind's incomplete unrest Builds and disperses clouds in the sky,

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III STANZA And dark towns heap up on the horizon. Metaphor: (it is a negative image, these town don’t see to care at all ) None of this cares for us. Nothing shows why At this unique distance from isolation IV STANZA It becomes still more difficult to find Words at once true and kind, Or not untrue and not unkind.

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wh a t ’ so ut s i det her o o m. I nf a c t , t h e r ei st h ed e s c r i p t i ono ft h ewi n dwhi c hmo v e st h e c l ou d si nt h es ky ,wh i l ed a r kt o wnsc a nbes e e nonh or i z o n .Wi t ht h i sde s c r i pt i ono f t heo ut s i dewo r l da n dt h epa s s i ngoft i me ,t h ep o e twa n t st os a yt h a ti ti sasi ft he t wol o v e r sar e n’ ti nflue nc e dbyt hepas s i ngo ft i me .Ev e ni ft h ep o e tdi s t i n g u i s ht h e i n s i dea n do u t s i d ewo r l d,i ts e e mst oben od i ffe r e n c eb e t we e nt he m,b e c a us ei nb o t h t hepoe tf e e l sal o neande x pr e s st hepr o bl e m hehasi nhi sr e l a t i o ns hi pwi t h a no t he rpe r s on. Thema i ns e ns ee x pr e s s e di st h a to fdi s i l l us i o na n dt h i si se v i d e n t wh e nt hes pe a k e rs a y s“ no neo ft hi sc a r e sf orus ” .Thi ss e ns ei sa l s or e l a t e dt ot he r e l a t i o ns hi pbe t we e nt het woc har a c t e r s .I nf a c t ,e v e nwha tha ppe nsi ns i deho me i s n’ tc o ns o l a t o r ya n di ti sdi ffic ul tt oc o mmuni c a t ea n dfindki ndwor ds .The r e f o r e , t a l ki ngi nbe di s n’ tde fine dase a s i e s t ,i ti so ug htt obee as i e s t .La r ki na l s os pe a k s a bo u thone s t y, b e c a us ei ti sn e v e re a s i e rt ofinds ome bo d ywi t hwh omi se a s yt o c o mmu n i c a t ea n dt a l ka b o u tt h et r ut h . Thep oe m do e s n’ tpr o vi deas o l ut i ont ot h i s p r o b l e m,i tdo e s n’ tg i v ea na ns we r ,t h e r e f o r et h er e l a t i on s hi pbe t we e nt r u t ha n d u n t r ut hi su nc e r t a i na n dt hi sunc e r t a i nt yi ss h o we db yt h ed o ub l ene g a t i o n“ no t unt r uea ndno tunki nd”wh i c hpr o v i d e su n c e r t a i n t y ,e v e ni fa ni n t i ma t emo me nt l i k et h i ss ho u l db eo fp e r f e c th a r mo n y ,t h e r ei snoc e r t a i n t y . I na d di t i o n,s o mec r i t i c s b e l i e v et h a tt hec hoi c eofma ki ngapoe mo ff o urs t a nz a sma deo f3l i ne se x pr e s s e s t hei de ao fdoubtandunc e r t a i nt y.I nt h ee n d ,t h epr obl e mo fc o mmuni c a t i o ni s uni v e r s a l ,s oe v e r y o nec a ni de nt i f yi nt hepoe t ’ si s s uee v e ni nt h ec o n t e mp o r a r y t i me ....