'Breadfruit Analysis / Reactions\r'

'Bread harvest is a short rime written by English poet Philip Larkin. The verse form is composed of only devil stanzas, to each one composing of eight lines. The poem is or so the failure of men to mature when they pipe trance of surreal things, as referred in line14 of the split second stanzaâ€the demise of a fantasy of accompaniment a conduct that resembles that of a life in a tropic promised land amidst the reality of life. The title â€Å"Breadfruit” is guide beca aim the poem is not exactly roughly the fruit itself. In fact the talker does not even know what Breadfruits be.â€Å"… whatever(prenominal) they be. ” (line 2 and 17). The fruit breaks no meaning except as an ornament for the inseparable girls. The basic line, â€Å"Boys dream of domestic girls who consider breadfruit tree. ” (line 1) points readers images of a tropical island paradise where native girls ar stereotypically innocent and offer foreigners, in the poe m’s case, the boys, a tropical fruit which is breadfruit. As mentioned, the use of breadfruit is insignifi put upt; it whitethorn welcome been fair a random tropical fruit that Larkin chose.He could suffer used coconuts, bananas, or any fruit that is typically found in tropical areas. The third line and quaternate lines â€Å"As bribes to teach them how to execute/ 16 informal positions on the sand;” (3-4). This knowledgeable aspiration is of course from the point of suasion of the day dreaming boys. Although tropical island girls may have been stereotyped (thanks mostly to the movies) as innocent, willing to explore anything types, I fag out’t think island girls would give an crack as it were, just to satisfy their sexual desires. Specifics again do not involvement in this poem.Just as the Breadfruit, at to the lowest degree in my opinion does not bear significance, the number of sexual positions does not really have any symbolic meaning. It could h ave been just an aesthetic technique of Larkin to mend the number sixteen to the age of the island girls that were willing to offer breadfruit for sex. And again, it is just the carrefour of the boys’ fantasies so the number may be relatively higher to emphasize the unrealistic fantasy. The rest of the lines in the freshman stanza, lines 5-8, are astir(predicate) the result of the island girls sleeping with the boys.â€Å"This makes them colligate (the boys) the tennis club,/Jive at the Mecca, use deodorants, and/ On Saturdays squire ex-schoolgirls to the pub/ By private car. ” (5-8). The lines suggests that once the island girls have slept with the boys, they would be civilized and let go of their island ways. In a sense, it shows the corruption that sex can possibly do. If the first stanza is all about(predicate) the dream, then the second stanza is about the acknowledgment that these dreams are exactly what they areâ€dreams. The ideate ends, the boys chan ge into men and now they are in churches, probably with their wives, and in offices.â€Å" much(prenominal)(prenominal) uncorrected visions end in church/ Or registrar:” (9-10). The verbaliser mentions that these dreams are visions that are â€Å"uncorrected” meaning the vocaliser too realizes that it is wrong to dream of such things. The rest of the lines, except for the last two which is somewhat a repetition of the first two lines, are all about realities of life in contrast to the fantasies of the first stanza. The lines give examples of negative realities; â€Å"A mortgaged semi…, a widowed unsounded having to scheme with money; illness; age.” These examples show that life has more serious things to watch to other than wandering off in a daydream in an island with innocent, open girls. The theme of the poem does not have to be thought of that much because the speaker mentions it perfectly at the last lines of the poem. â€Å"matureness falls, when old men sit and dream/ Of naked native girls who bring breadfruit/ Whatever they are. ” (14-16). It is immature for grown men to daydream if they have responsibilities to attend to. reference Larkin, P. (1961). Breadfruit. Retrieved May 15, 2009. from http://www. philiplarkin. com/pom/pomcurrent. html\r\n'