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The poem narrates the story of a newly-wedded bride in her own words who tells about the incidents of her wedding night and the following day. The wind blew heavily that day and the next day witnessed too the same weathering phenomenon. This blowing of the wind symbolises the passion arisen in the heart of the bride. On her wedding night, she is with her husband and then someone knocks the door to call her husband and he leaves his bride alone in the light of "candlestick". It is raining and she felt stupid upon his husband's act of leaving her alone on their wedding night. After his return, he tells her the reason for his departure i.e. their horses were growing restless and he had to tame them. She sarcastically feels that on her special day, every man and creature should be as happy as her husband. For any girl, the wedding is the most special and anticipated day of her life. She wishes to love her husband and receive the same in return. The next day, the newly-wed...

"Church Going" is written by Philip Larkin, a Movement poet. He was a prominent English literary figure of the second half of the twentieth century. In this poem, the poet wrote about the disillusionment of the church and its calming mysterious atmosphere despite its unworthiness. Stanza 1 The narrator visits a church whenever he finds that no one is inside or nothing important is going on in the church. In other words, he wants to be alone and reflects in the church. Perhaps, people might find him there and he doesn't want them to know it. From the beginning of the poem, it seems that he is an atheist who doesn't believe in Christ, but still, he goes to the abode of the god. He describes the interior of the church and things kept there - "little books", "brownish flowers". "Another church" shows his indifferent attitude towards this holy place. An "unignorable silence" prevails there for a long time. He enters the church ...

Stanza 1 The narrator heard the sound of blowing trumpet in a ballroom. It draws his attention and he visits there to watch the show. All the dancers in the room are under the age of twenty-five. They are dancing in couples on the jubilant beat. Stanza 2 He can feel the nervousness caused by the presence of beautiful girls there. The question of entering the ballroom and attending the dance party or being out there bewilder the narrator. In the party, the presence of female sex attracts and cheers him. He points out that the couples dancing in the room are happy in their pursuit. But, at the same time, he disagrees with this thought. He found it "sheer inaccuracy". Stanza 3 One person who prefers to go to the dance party says that he is present there only for Art, a "rough-tongued bell" fascinates him. The narrator makes a point that he is also an individual and he and other people can hear the sound of that unusual bell. It can't be the sole reason for s...

The poem is written by Larkin after reading about an incident of a rape of a girl. He used a rape victim's statement from a magazine named "London Labour and the London Poor" of the 1840s as an epigraph.  Larkin feels the agony suffered by the victim and consoles her. The narrator consoles the rape victim and supports her in her worst encounter with hell itself. He says that he can feel her agony even this far from her. He can imagine the ordeal which the rapist put her through. It was a sunny day when she was raped and the place where she was raped was near the road which has a lot of hustle and bustle with vehicles moving continuously. The narrator wants to highlight this fact that her chastity was destroyed under broad sunlight, no one came to her rescue. It is not possible for her to forget that day, she is unable to cast out the memories of her worst nightmare. The stark daylight when she was raped forbids the scars to heal. She was so devastated that her mind is ...

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...