Here

'Here' is a poem of a journey from an industrial city to a rural landscape. The first three stanza's are from an industrial view, Larkin uses a lot of imagery to form a setting of this poem. The last few stanza's are the change of busy city life to the calmer rural landscape.
One main theme in Larkin's 'Here' is the romantic view VS the industrialised view, this idea is used by 'thin and thistled to be called a meadow,' the idea of thistles being sharp and danger acting in contrast with a meadow often associated with a romantic, happier view. Larkin also uses nature as an occasional offer of hope and nature is generally calmer.
Larkin's view of the industrial area is quite negative. We get an idea that it's a busy shipping town with the 'pastoral ships,' along with the 'barge crowded water.' Larkin offers the idea that the area is  quite deprived as the people from 'raw estates' the idea of 'raw' being unpleasant or painful- not a nice area to live.  His idea that only 'salesmen and relations come' to the town shows he feels the people within the area aren't important and therefore a 'cut-priced crowd.' 
The end stanza is quite pessimistic. The idea of a 'beach,' is a calmer sensation which offers opportunity and a new start which is then contrasted with it being 'out of reach,' showing you will never be able to reach your dream.

' Domes and statues, spikes and cranes cluster'- a contrast of domes sound appealing and richer compared to cranes being destructive and un attractive.




 'Piled gold clouds, the shining gull-marked mud' - again a contrast in 'gold' and 'mud.' nature is more appealing but is undermined.

• 'Cheap suits, red kitchenware, sharp shoes, iced lollies.'- all of these words give a sense on unpleasantness (cheap, red ,iced, sharp) They may suggest danger or unpleasant beginnings along with Larkin's pessimistic views.