First sight by Philip Larkin
The poem 'First Sight' takes a different approach to the collection of poems by Larkin as it takes something gloomy and turns it optimistic. The poem revolves around around lambs in the snow, however the chill of the winter will always be met with the warmth of spring. Larkin describes how the Lambs 'learn to walk in the snow' where they 'meet a vast unwelcome' suggesting the surrondings are dismal which creates a pessemitc tone. This is followd with 'All they find outside the fold Is a wretched width of cold' which implies that life never contains any happiness or excitement, it's simply full of 'cold' memories. Nevetheless, this also suggests that there is nothing more to life than what greets you, you are unable to change the life you are given.
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