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Analysis and comments on No Road by Philip Larkin

Comment 2 of 2, added on July 2nd, 2005 at 11:28 PM.

You miss the whole ******* point of the poem by misquoting it:
'Walking that way tonight would not seem strange,
And still would be followed.'
The word is ALLOWED not FOLLOWED!
Time will still allow him to go to her house but his will prevents him.

And again I quote you:
'A little longer,
And time would be the stronger,'
It's time WILL, not WOULD.
Future tense not past tense ffs!
Love and topography are both eroded by time and eventually sever all links.

This is a brilliant poem, too good to be misquoted.


anthony hocking from United Kingdom
Comment 1 of 2, added on July 2nd, 2005 at 11:28 PM.

You miss the whole ******* point of the poem by misquoting it:
'Walking that way tonight would not seem strange,
And still would be followed.'
The word is ALLOWED not FOLLOWED!
Time will still allow him to go to her house but his will prevents him.

And again I quote you:
'A little longer,
And time would be the stronger,'
It's time WILL, not WOULD.
Future tense not past tense ffs!
Love and topography are both eroded by time and eventually sever all links.

This is a brilliant poem, too good to be misquoted.


anthony hocking from United Kingdom



Information about No Road

Poet: Philip Larkin
Poem: No Road
Volume: XX Poems & The Less Deceived
Year: 1950
Added: Feb 20 2003
Viewed: 6433 times
Poem of the Day: Sep 13 2004


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