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Phillip Larkin - Aubade Critical Analysis -- A grade - page 2
Keywords: Phillip Philip Larkin Aubade Critical Analysis
By georgie1 on 31/12/2009
Level: A Level (Year 12) / AS Level
Page Number: 2 of 3 pages: 1 2 3implies that he is subconsciously delivering ideas in such a way that allows him to regain control of the pace of the poem by disjointing the rhythm, keeping the reader engaged. The regular structure of quatrains and rhyming couplets is symbolic of the regularity of life itself, showing the monotony of Larkin’s own experience of life. The reader is given the implication that if they can comprehend the fear and unease associated with death, they can choose whether to live life fully or to await death: “death is no different whined at than withstood”. This statement shows that regardless of whether one succumbs to fate or tries to shield themselves from it, the brutality of death will not differ: it is still inevitable. As a result, the reader is left with the option of waiting for their death, or living a fulfilled life before their life ends. The alliteration used twice for both “death” and “different”, and “whined” and “withstood”, again creates a light-hearted rhythm, contrasting vastly to the subject of the poem. The word “no” used in this sentence provides the statement with negativity, representative of the negativity of death. This technique is used predominantly in the second stanza: “no sight, no sound, no touch or taste or smell, nothing”. The negative words accentuate the sincere misfortune of those who do lack the human senses. By only describing what one is missing, the reader focuses on what is lacking, rather than focussing on the positive qualities that a person embodies.
A varying approach to Aubade also provides the reader with knowledge of Larkin’s hostility to those of the world who were content with their lives because they did not fear their own death; people who had achieved what they wanted and appreciated their lives before it was too late. Personal aims vary from one individual to another but by not putting oneself at risk at all; one can never understand a full sense of achievement. Clearly Larkin did not agree with this: “Courage is no good: it means not scaring others”. This bold statement implies that although courage masks the inevitability of death, there is not much point in avoiding the subject in a pursuit for happiness, because everyone will die eventually anyhow. By saying that “no good” at all can come from being courageous, he suggests that bravery and recklessness are pointless because there are no benefits, and
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