Short Poems; Ignorance and Days - Larkin

From within this first short poem known as Ignorance we are able to see that Larkin states his own beliefs using various types of language.
In the first stanza from the phrase, "never to be sure Of what is true or right or real" we see clearly that this is Larkin's own doubts on what is to occur in the future. It suggests to us readers that we will never be able to fully know what is to occur within our future for it alwats changes with every decision we make. We are also to see that we are able to imagine or create what we want for our future and get that confused with reality.
Throughout the second stanza Larkin is mainly being an observer with explaining various objects and shapes.
As we lead on to the last stanza we then see a similar theme that Larkin is commonly known for. We get the theme of death being portrayed to the readers and gives us the idea that Larkin is really an agnostic. The word "flesh" provides the audience with an unpleasant image with the use of the "sh" sound and gives us the sense of death due to the fact that it appears to not be living.

From within the poem Days we are able to see that Larkin provides us with a question on the very first line of his poem. From the question, "What are days for?" the audience is able to feel connected to the piece instantly for they are being asked of a specific question related to the poem. To my own response I say that it is to be lived in and to be able to make a change or difference for the better. This poem is made to appear simple due to there being short, sharp sentences presented to the audience. From the word "time" we are easily to see that Larkin is portraying to us that we are surrounded by time continuously and we revolve around it our whole life. Within the final stanza we get the lines, "Ah, solving that question Brings the priest and the doctor" which implies to us readers that these two people are of great importance throughout our lives. A priest and a doctor both see life at the beginning and at the end which implies to us that the second time we see them would be at death. This line suggests to us readers that all our days are up and that life is coming to an end. We are then ended on a positive note with "Running over the fields" for it appears heavenly and peaceful suggesting that there is life after death. From this poem we are able to see that Larkin is telling us that we go through life without knowing that time is rushing past us very quickly, and we are not aware of this until it is too late.