Saturday 8 March 2014

Naturally The Foundation Will Bear Your Expenses

The title 'Naturally The Foundation Will Bear Your Expenses' shows travel and the idea of expenses being paid for.
"hurrying to catch my comet"- this is a poem about travelling away to India on armistice day. Larkin seems quite distrustful in this poem as he blames "colourless and careworn" crowds ( bland, uninteresting, working class) as making his taxi late. He feels the tradition is "solemn-sinister" serious but also creepy (alliteration, words that should match but don't) also the "wreath-rubbish" at Whitehall again feels quite disrespectful.
The final stanza he exaggerates describing how it made him "throw-up" and the "mawkish ,nursery games" shows a childish, parade of grief. Though the poem seems quite negative Larkin feels "England should grow up" showing he does respect the soldiers that lost their lives but feels the tradition is pointless perhaps implying the tradition wont bring them back but cause grief that wont necessary make things better, therefore Larkin leaves London in the grief of the tradition and heads for India.
"But I out soar the Thames"- this shows Larkin rising above the grief and his own decisions and ignores the fact so feels he should look forward and head to meet his friend.

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