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Comment 11 of 21, added on March 2nd, 2006 at 3:10 AM.
we all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine! Tim you're cool. Alistair, you're not hehe. break the bank means a gamble but unlosable so you can have sex without getting preganant.
Lisa Thompson from United Kingdom
Comment 10 of 21, added on January 24th, 2006 at 2:00 PM.
This poem is all about the introduction of the pill. It liberated young couples so that they could have sex without the consequences. Women could take control over their bodies and men didn't have to wait till marriage to have sex.
AND OF COURSE LARKIN IS CYNICAL!!!! That is what Larkin is all about!
Pippa from United Kingdom
Comment 9 of 21, added on January 15th, 2006 at 10:06 PM.
I am writing an essay on this poem and just thought i'd ask for some help.
what does he mean by "...every life became // a brilliant breaking of the bank..."?
Justin from Canada
Comment 8 of 21, added on October 21st, 2005 at 4:15 PM.
I think that he is actualy being a little bit cynical
in that sexual freedom was already happening in the 50s. And probably the 40s too. Its almost taking the piss out of the bright young things, who thought that they had found something new.. come on ..sex is the oldest thing in the world.
josh from United Kingdom
Comment 7 of 21, added on September 30th, 2005 at 1:51 PM.
the chatterly ban refers to the banning of D.H.Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley's Lover. The ban was rescinded in 1960 and needless to say sold over 200 000 copies the minute the ban was lifted
andrew from Ireland
Comment 6 of 21, added on September 23rd, 2005 at 3:42 PM.
I've been trying to find out what the chatterley ban is, but to no avail. anyone?
Erlend from Norway
Comment 5 of 21, added on May 29th, 2005 at 7:47 AM.
I change this poem in a song for my exam..It's nice...Also Eliot and Auden can be change. However this poem is good, beautiful, because Larkin describes true, real thing happened. Sorry for my bad English.
Ciao
ROBERTA from Italy
Comment 4 of 21, added on March 1st, 2005 at 10:10 AM.
I think Tim is very immature and has missed the point of this serious ambiguous and moving poem, which i fell is symbolic of the times I have lived in.
Alastair Barrie from Bulgaria
Comment 3 of 21, added on February 28th, 2005 at 7:50 AM.
Larkin is reflecting on the generation gap as it appears to him, like High Windows. In particular, changes in social mores and what they might mean to an older man observing changes in habits and practises of which he does not feel a part.
CN from United Kingdom
Comment 2 of 21, added on February 28th, 2005 at 4:42 AM.
he he! the Beatles! come on all together now...a 1 a 2 a 1.2.3.4......we all live in a yellow submarine a yellow submarine a yellow submarine..............
Tim Entwistle from United Kingdom
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we all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine! Tim you're cool. Alistair, you're not hehe. break the bank means a gamble but unlosable so you can have sex without getting preganant.
Lisa Thompson from United Kingdom