Broadcast - Larkin

Throughout the entire poem we are able to see that there are many words to inform the readers that there is noise occuring within this piece. From within the first stanza we see a wide selection such as "whispering" and "coughing" to later on within the first stanza of being "sudden scuttle" and "snivelling". From these words we begin to piece out that this is the performance of an orchastra playing over the radio. From these words we see alliteration being used which is onomatapeic and shows the harshness of the words with the "S" sound. As violins begin to play we get the word "snivelling" which informs us readers that it is mournful and sad towards the audience that are listening. From this we also see Larkin use another key language skill for snivelling is a personification and informs the readers of a high pitch note occuring from the violins.
Within the second stanza we begin to see a sudden change within the orchastra as metaphors are used to inform us of the music being played. The words "Cascades" and "monumental slithering" gives us the sense of waterfalls and a beat/rhythm within the piece. This suggests to us of the overwhelming sounds that are occuring within this hall and suddenly drops into a quiet passage, seen with the phrase, "Here it goes quickly dark".
We also get the sense of a particular figure within this stanza with the lines exclaiming, "One of your gloves unnoticed on the floor Behind those new, slightly-outmoded shoes." This implies to the reader that the persona is imagining this women he knows so well to be there. He knows her and within these lines we see a private joke emerge showing us that they are intimate and loving towards each other. From this stanza we see that this couple, although apart, are able to share the experience together and that there is something yearning within the personas voice as he talks through this poem. From the final stanza we get the end of the music with the use of a pathetic falacy from the words "rabid storms". The sounds have become louder, harsher and more angrier to the audience before dropping off and the applause rises mightily as the piece ends.
From this we see that this is another example of Larkins poems that indicates the themes of love and loss as well as music. This poem links into Wild Oats as well as Love Songs in Age with being musical and also about love.