LYING When a married couple lays down to fall asleep, conversation usually occurs. The situation is never thought about, it just happens. Philip Larkin wrote a poem titled “Talking In Bed”, in this poem he is writing about the very situation that was first mentioned. It does not seem like an event that would be written about, but Larkin uses this ordinary event to draw on many problems that this talking has caused between a …showed first 75 words of 445 total…

…showed last 75 words of 445 total…bring them closer, but in reality it has separated them, “At this unique distance from isolation”. Larkin uses the word “unique” to show that the speakers relationship is different form most. In the last stanza, the silence continues because lying is not the answer, and they can’t find the honesty to convey their true feelings. Philip Larkin uses the simple idea of talking in bed to demonstrate the effects of lying to a relationship.