Wants poem by Philip Larkin
Beyond all
this, the wish to be alone:
However the sky grows dark with invitation-cards
However we follow the printed directions of sex
However the family is photographed under the flag-staff -
Beyond all this, the wish to be alone.
Beneath it all, the desire for oblivion runs:
Despite the artful tensions of the calendar,
The life insurance, the tabled fertility rites,
The costly aversion of the eyes away from death -
Beneath it all, the desire for oblivion runs.
However the sky grows dark with invitation-cards
However we follow the printed directions of sex
However the family is photographed under the flag-staff -
Beyond all this, the wish to be alone.
Beneath it all, the desire for oblivion runs:
Despite the artful tensions of the calendar,
The life insurance, the tabled fertility rites,
The costly aversion of the eyes away from death -
Beneath it all, the desire for oblivion runs.
Oblivion= forgetfulness, bhul jana
the printed directions of sex= planned directions of manuals in life, Programmed events
of life
The poems opens with the glimmering sky becoming dark and
people are invited to the party with invitation cards and members of the
society are photograph together. There is a kind of meeting of the individuals
and togetherness involving collective activity. Inspite of all this there is an
active and nagging desire to be left alone
According to Larkin the social activities of the modern world
cannot obliterate our deep desire to be alone. People are aware of the shallowness
of the hearts of the modern people like Alfred Prufrock and Mistah Kurtz.
Their appears to be some pleasure in attending the social
functions watching the women passing by and the meeting of the eyes. There is
printed information available to beget small families to reduce expenditure and
responsibilities and to increase happiness. Artificiality had invited the
spontaneous and emotional social life, This reminds us of what T.S Eliot says
about the mechanical nature of sexual relationships in the Wasteland. There is
even relationship between the carbuncular young men and the lady typist. The
family photographs appear to be symbol of modern, happy ideal, social life. But
the poet emphasize that all our social, sexual and domestic activities cannot
eradicate our desire to be alone.
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