After reading both “This Be the Verse” and “Church Going,”
it is hard not to wonder about Larkin’s true motives for writing such
poetry. Both poems speak of
political and personal situations that some would or wouldn’t agree with. As the reader, I do not agree with
either main points Larkin is trying to make since he contradicts himself in both
poems. First in “Church Going,”
the narrator realizes that as humans we need something to believe in so our
questions can be answered; even though, he is obviously against organized
religion. Secondly, in “This Be
the Verse,” Larkin tries to connect horrible parents to excuses of also having
bad parents. This train of thought
leads to a slippery slope of, “because I had horrible parents, I am going to be
a horrible parent, and because I am so will you.” These ideas are what create monsters, people who only
believe they are what they come from lose sight of anything good. Larkin’s poetry feels like his way of
working through ridiculous ideas that have plagued him for a very long time.
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