LitAide

The poem "No Road" has two interpretations - one is abstract and another is literal. Both are analysed below. The narrator is addressing a person with whom he shared a good relationship but for past some time their ties received a blow. The road is an allegory of human relationship or ties. The road and vicinity are symbolically making references to the human ties. The narrator says that the road which connects them remains unused since they last used them to meet. The gates that were earlier left open to each other, also bore the brunt of their separation as they are bricked. To avoid absolute contact with each other, they cover their houses with trees. They let the destructive/ageing power of time to work on its course of erasing the roads between them. Silence prevailed in the vicinity for a long time. The space around between them has also witnessed a bit change. Strangers too come and go from the road. In spite of these shortcomings, there is no major effect on the path

The poem "Next, Please" written by Philip Larkin has both literal and symbolic meaning which sends a philosophical and realistic message to the readers. It makes a criticism on our unrealistic expectations. The poem uses a recurring rhyme scheme of aabb throughout the poem. According to the poet, in our long pursuit of leading a happy and desirous life, we inculcate some unsound habits in our character. We are always too hopeful about the coming future and we add various fantasizing expectations to it. We long for better prospects in future. It doesn't matter what we say as "something is always approaching us; every day" whether it's acceptable to us or not. The poet finds this common human nature quite absurd and it seems to us that he is a pessimist but we should note that he is a  practical man. The narrator standing on a bluff (a high steep bank), watches a fleet of ships arriving towards the shore. He finds them too slow, wasting precious time. He

The poet mentions a girl named Lucy about whom he has heard from various sources. She is a mysterious character who resides alone in the woods. When the poet crosses the woods at the end of the day, he sees a mysterious figure there. It is not mentioned who is this Lucy and how can she survive in the forest on her own. She has no friends and no one to give company to her. According to the narrator, she dwells "on a wide moor". He calls this residing "the sweetest thing that ever grew/ Beside a human door", perhaps because of nature's association and we know how much Wordsworth loves nature. It is difficult to discover Lucy in comparison to fawns (young deer) and hares which roam in the green surroundings. We don't know at this point that why her face "will never more be seen". In the next stanza, we get to travel back to the story of this girl. Her father asks her to go to town to accompany her mother. He hurriedly tells her to take the lante