Ignorance

Analysis of Ignorance by Philip Larkin

"Strange to know nothing, never to be sure"

- Uncertainty towards beliefs and what is believed to be true.

"Someone must know."

 - Questioning tone, doesn't like not understanding, almost desperate need to know.

"Strange to be ignorant of the way things work"

- People take things (life) for granted and don't try to understand any deeper meanings.

"Willingness to change"

 - People will change their lives to adjust to the world they know nothing about.

"Even to wear such knowledge - for our flesh/ Surrounds us with its decisions"

- We're not in control of what we do and believe.

"And yet spend all our life on imprecisions"

 - Everything we think - like our explanations for life - aren't correct.

"When we start to die/ Have no idea why"

- We die still ignorant of life and the truth is never revealed to us.