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Comment 23 of 33, added on June 9th, 2006 at 6:27 PM.
this is sooooooo true my mom and dad have fuxd up soooooooo much and i think even though i am only 15 i can respect good poetry and i think that larkin is one of the BEST and thats why i am doing my school report on my HERO on him because his poems hit me where it hurts and feels good at the same time.......... YA KNOW?!?!
Janni
Comment 22 of 33, added on May 27th, 2006 at 8:18 AM.
«Man hands on misery to man»
Vítor from Portugal
Comment 21 of 33, added on May 25th, 2006 at 1:17 PM.
i do think that larkin creates a persona in "this be the verse" and almost mocks it; to say he is going to far, i think, is the point although larkin never had kids himself i still believe this to be a comical personal that larkin aims to mock and so the poem should not be taken too literally.
jenny from United Kingdom
Comment 20 of 33, added on May 15th, 2006 at 12:12 PM.
I relish the double-entendre of the first line most. Not only do your parents "fuck you up" figuratively, as most would construe it. They also "fuck you up" literally as well, so long as you are not conceived with the aid of reproductive techonologies. This is one of the finest & most hilarious opening lines in poetry.
Jared from United States
Comment 19 of 33, added on May 13th, 2006 at 10:41 AM.
This poem hits me deep. Both my parents have NPD, and my brother shot himself last year. Anyone who has had a Narcissistic parent can relate to this direct, blunt, wonderful piece of work.
As far as the closing advice, I think that's taking it a bit far. Once you recognize those parts of you that are "fucked up," you can recognize it and make efforts to not pass it on. It only flows through the generations if you live in denial (like most).
Paul from United States
Comment 18 of 33, added on May 8th, 2006 at 10:01 PM.
I'm just speechless at the number of people who think Larkin was treating his subject matter "farcically" in this poem, or feel called on to say his position is inaccurately depressing. Have they read the paper recently? Human nature is so loath to examine itself that most parents do a crackerjack job of fucking up their young. Anyone who looks straight at the misery humanity manufactures for itself on a daily basis would have to admit it, and further admit that bringing more people into the world is an act of self-indulgent cruelty.
It's been pointed out in a couple of studies that "depressive" people have a more accurate appraisal of reality than so-called healthy individuals. Some people can't tolerate that thought. I'd say Larkin was impatient with self-delusion: this poem reads almost as an appeal to the young, while they are still acutely aware of the way their parents "fuck them up," not to repeat the crime.
Kate from United States
Comment 17 of 33, added on May 8th, 2006 at 2:17 PM.
i am studying larkin for AS eng lit and 'this be the verse' was the first of larkin's poems we (as a class) read and the only poem with which i feel i can personally relate to. most of the time Larkin just seems to me like a grumpy old man that has a fear of old age and death and insists on enforcing his pessimistic views on life through poetry (with the exception of one line in 'the old fools' where he says 'to bring to bloom the million-petalled flower of being here). However much of what is said in 'this be the verse' is very true, all parents do to a certain degree fuck up their kids (i dont know about then passing this onto the next generation because i, myself do not have children) but i hope this isn't neccessarily true as i hope to have children in the future and don't want to fuck them up.
E from United Kingdom
Comment 16 of 33, added on April 26th, 2006 at 11:47 PM.
i can totally relate to this poem. i think my parents have been fucked up by their own parents, and they as well fucked me up. and i plan not to marry or have children because of that reason when i grow up. cuz i don't wanna fuck my own kids.
Billie from United States
Comment 15 of 33, added on April 14th, 2006 at 12:11 PM.
i agree with bryan - if you take larkin at face value, "It deepens like a coastal shelf" implies that misery is compounded as the generations progress, which is comically over the top in its grand poetic darkness. i think this poem is light-hearted all the way through, while acknowledging how mum and dad fuck u up.
benjoya from United States
Comment 14 of 33, added on March 28th, 2006 at 3:19 PM.
this poem is funny because it uses fuck in it
lisa from United States
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this is sooooooo true my mom and dad have fuxd up soooooooo much and i think even though i am only 15 i can respect good poetry and i think that larkin is one of the BEST and thats why i am doing my school report on my HERO on him because his poems hit me where it hurts and feels good at the same time.......... YA KNOW?!?!
Janni