Analysis Of Digging And Philip Larkin's Days

Life and Days of Imagery: Seamus Heaney’s “Digging” and Philip Larkin’s “Days” The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines “days” as the “A specific, characteristic period in one 's lifetime” (“day,” def. 1) and “life” as the “The interval of time between birth and death”(“life,” def. 1) This description, however, does not do justice to the experience of life and days itself. Both Poet used imagery of life. An author includes imagery in order to help and create a mental image to a reader of what is being explained. In this cases most of the imagery support to one of the five senses: taste, touch, sight, sound or smell. In respect to Seamus Heaney’s “Digging” much imagery is used in terms of life. In respect to Philip

Considering a pen to a gun, readers can sense what either, or both, feel like. Those who familiar with holding a gun can imagine the weapon in their hand. Seamus started his poem by addressing himself and pointing about the pen. Here he established a clear imagery view of his life and later on he explains the past life of his family. In his poem he explains his father and grand father job and also at the end he admitted that he is not like them. In the poem’s second stanza of Days, Larkin further expands on his view of life where he is supposed to answer the question that he is asked for in first stanza “Where can we live but days?” (Larkin 6) and we hope that solution is going to add some happiness. In the first stanza Larkin says by asking the purpose of the days and suggests that:

"They are to be happy in." (Larkin 5)

Although this might seem pleasant on the surface, the optimism is ironic. Nowhere the narrator claims that he is actually happy, and he seems to be searching for a substitute to living in days. The only other option that can be conceived though is death, signified by the doctor (who tries to save lives) and priest (who administers extreme

Then at the 6th stanza he flash back his grand father’s timeline where his grand father was one of the best hard worker. Yet Larkin in Days asked to solve the question to the reader but Larkin doesn’t seems desperately concerned with them. The answer he left is not for him to figure it out, and it is for us to worry about. I like that phrase “solving that question.” (Larkin 7) It means dying. It is funny if cruel way to think about life, as it is a question need to be answering. The only answer could be is death. Again, Seamus explores the his past through the day dreaming through the window. He remembers his past and his roots where he comes from and now what he is doing right now. But then he admits that he is not like them. Time pass by and new days are coming and everything is changing by the