Analysis of As Bad As A Mile by Philip Larkin
'Watching the shield core
Striking the basket, skidding across the floor
Shows less and less of luck, and more and more
Of failure spreading back up the arm
Earlier and earlier, the unraised hand calm,
The apple unbitten in the palm.'
- Presents the idea of human greed; the satisfaction of eating the apple wasn't enough, the persona wanted even more. Disappointment in life is inevitable because we always want too much.
- Such a simple task that when it's failed, it feels even worse - even if the apple core was only an inch away from the bin, it feels like a mile.
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