Sunny Prestatyn - Larkin

From within this poem we are able to see the descriptive detail of an image of a girl on a poster. From this we are able to see many descriptive words which inform us a more negative side to this simple poster. From the phrase "snaggle-toothed and boss-eyed; Huge tits and a fissured crotch" we get the impression of a negative childish view similar to playground bullying. We see that this image is pornographic graffitti set about to be made as a laugh and a joke towards people. This shows that this was widely ideal for mens attentions and to catch there eye even if it was a humourous and something to snigger about. From the word "slapped up" we get the impression of women being tossed about or beaten physically. We also get the thought of a women slapping on make-up to make herself more attractive towards the men but we mainly get this negative aspect of the women being knocked about by a man. This presents degrading language towards the readers and gives us the chance to empathetic towards the vandalism that has occured. Even though from the first stanza we are given the description of a beautiful women and the notion of being welcomed we see that violence is able to easily destroy this beauty and is shown within the final stanza.
From within the final stanza we see a disturbing side towards Larkin with the word "knife" being brought into the poem. From this we see that there is a lack of respect occuring towards this image and to this women. We see that they are there to cause her pain and to let their anger out showing how violent men can be and how vulnerable women are.
From the line, "She was too good for this life" we see that this women did not deserve this sort of treatment and she is now damaged and hurt due to mens careless actions. She has been torn and not cared for leaving her to be nothing more then a wripped and unwanted pornographic piece of graffitti. From the final line "Now Fight Cancer is there" we see that another vulnerable group has been put in her place and will easily become victimised by these people once more. There is always a constant battle occuring and we have been shown the truth when the poster has been taken down and left with a blank wall. All these posters are illusions and when there is just a blank wall we see that is how our society truly is.