Reflection: "This Be The Verse"
1) "This Be The Verse" by Philip Larkin is a poem that has endured the test of time in which many may describe as a classic. The poem depicts the possible or perhaps inevitable ugliness relationships between parents and their children can render. Larkin deals with a universal theme in this particular writing in a sense that each generation feels they can 'repair' or perhaps cease repeating mistakes of their parents. I believe Larkin's poem fits some criteria for great literature. It presents irony, shock value with profanity usage encompassed with a theme for the reader to reflect upon.
2) Madeleine Thien's "Simple Recipes" deepens and complicates the theme in Philip Larkin's "This Be The Verse." Thien admits relationships between parents and children can be trying but are necessary for the continuity within the family.Larkin perceives negative 'doings' of previous generations will undoubtably 'screw one up'. In contrast, Thein writes how siblings absorb experiences differently in how one child may reject their parents teachings and another may absorb and emulate their parents ways.
2) Madeleine Thien's "Simple Recipes" deepens and complicates the theme in Philip Larkin's "This Be The Verse." Thien admits relationships between parents and children can be trying but are necessary for the continuity within the family.Larkin perceives negative 'doings' of previous generations will undoubtably 'screw one up'. In contrast, Thein writes how siblings absorb experiences differently in how one child may reject their parents teachings and another may absorb and emulate their parents ways.