'Here' is a slow-moving poem describing the imagery in Larkin's home town of Hull.
Imagery:
The imagery in the poem is very vivid. For example "The piled gold clouds, the shining gull-marked mud". Simple or ugly sights are given a 'pretty' look such as "Hidden weeds flower". Larkin almost makes the most out of the scenes surrounding him.
However, Larkin also shows that the town is not the nicest of all. "swerving through fields
Too thin and thistled to be called meadows".
Themes:
The themes in the poem are pessimism/realism and nature. Nature as a theme can often represent peace and hope shown by the line "of skies, scarecrows, haystacks, hares and pheasants".
Rhyming Pattern:
1st Stanza: A B A B C D D C?
2nd Stanza: A B B? A C D C D
3rd Stanza: A B A B? C D D C
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