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Sunny Prestatyn
Most of Philip Larkin’s work is a bit disturbing when reading it for the first time. It is disturbing because he has a very morbid fascination with death and dying and it’s a very clear reflection of Larkin’s personality. However, “Sunny Prestatyn” is a work that manages to shock and disturb the reader. ... What point is Larkin trying to make? Larkin uses language to make a very disturbing transition through the poem.
In the first stanza, Larkin sets the scene with very light but sensual tones. ... “Come to Sunny Prestatyn/Laughed the girl on the poster.” In the next couple of lines, Larkin introduces some sexual images but they are not overt. ... ” This could have been a very explicit if Larkin had chosen to do so. ... It is obvious that Larkin makes a very concentrated effort to keep the tone that he has set. ... Larkin is only describing what the owners of the resort wanted him and others to see. ...
In true Larkin fashion, the second stanza makes are sharp transition and the tone becomes very abrupt and vulgar. The first line of this stanza immediately gets away from the tone that Larkin painstakingly set and maintained in the first stanza. ... ” That one word-“slapped”- manages to break the sensual reverie that Larkin has set up. If he had chosen to do so, Larkin could have used a different word to describe how the poster came to be. ... In the same fashion that he painstakingly used to maintain the sensual language in the first paragraph, Larkin makes sure that the language in the last lines is very shocking and disturbing.
Approximate Word count = 1343
Approximate Pages = 5.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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