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Comment 6 of 6, added on May 17th, 2009 at 7:44 AM.
the fact that water is the essence of life is an obvious connotation behind the choosing of the title of the poem. But when looking into water it distorts an image. this idea of warp perspective is an important one on this poem. Water can also be destructive through tidal waves, tsunamis and floods.
Chris from United Kingdom
Comment 5 of 6, added on May 24th, 2006 at 1:29 PM.
But is this poem a simple as we think? Specifically, is the meaning of this poem that water is our lifeline? It's purity, it's transparancy? I feel like there is more to it than that. What do you think?
Meg from United States
Comment 4 of 6, added on May 13th, 2006 at 7:45 AM.
Larkin was not a man of religion and yet a lot of his poems have religious references. In this poem, Larkin, i believe, is saying that water is the essence of life to all living things. Humans are made up of water and the earth is covered by water. Not only is water the essence of our physical life, it can also be seen as the essence of our spiritual life. Its a great poem that clearly a non scholer, unlike myself, would never understand. Good luck on understanding the rest of his poems, if you can!!!
john
Comment 3 of 6, added on February 28th, 2006 at 11:49 PM.
Not "litany." "Liturgy." "My liturgy would employ..." A beautiful poem.
Terry Thompson from United States
Comment 2 of 6, added on November 4th, 2005 at 11:28 AM.
Water is our lifeline.
In this poem a very good use of water is mentioned.
The poem is very nice!
Swati from India
Comment 1 of 6, added on September 26th, 2004 at 2:35 AM.
Water is life.
It is our survival.
We should protect our water from pollution.
We must not cut the hand that feeds us!
Water is transparent so let us keep it that way for the sake of the future of our children.
Marlene Tellus
26th September 2004
Marlene Tellus from Malta
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the fact that water is the essence of life is an obvious connotation behind the choosing of the title of the poem. But when looking into water it distorts an image. this idea of warp perspective is an important one on this poem. Water can also be destructive through tidal waves, tsunamis and floods.
Chris from United Kingdom