Levels of Stylistics analysis:

Graphology: It is the study of hand writing. For example as a way of learning more about
somebody's character through his writing: contracted forms, commas, stops, question marks etc.

Phonology: It is the study of sound system of a language and also describes formal rules of
pronunciation. The phonological analysis focuses on the analyzing sound patterns, utterance of
different words and forming systemic use of sound in language in order to know about the
meaning, ideas, focuses and idiosyncratic behaviors in a text. The phonological devices are
alliteration, repetition, consonance, assonance etc

Grammatical level: 1.Morphologial level, 2. Syntactic level

Grammatical level includes grammar, parts of speech, clauses and phrases used in writing. It helps us to
find out subtleties of time, place and about what is done, what is going to be and what was in the past.
Through grammatical analysis of text we can know the author’s intended meanings and foreshadowing
meanings and events.

Lexical: Lexical are total amount of vocabulary items and use of words in a piece of text. Lexical
level: it includes the study of individual words and idioms in different linguistics contexts. It involves the
study of semantics, word formation, and morphology.

Semantics: Semantics is the study of, meanings in a language. Meanings are judged through the
analysis of context, social and individual point of views. Pragmatics is also a branch of semantics
which allow us to find out the hidden meanings to be judged by the reader through the
environment created by the poet in a poem.

Pragmatics: Pragmatics is the study of invisible meaning in a piece of text spoken or written. It
discusses how we recognize the invisible meanings in a text. It is the context based study
including linguistic context, thematic context, pre-existing knowledge and physical context of
the text.

Discourse analysis: It is the study of text language and conversations. When we concentrate in
linguistic description we focus on accurate representation of form and meaning within the text. It
also provides us chance to create a complex interpretation of a simple discourse and simple
interpretation of a complex language in order to facilitate the readers.

Mr. Bleaney is a poem that is included in The Anthology of 20th century English poetry-part III.

Poet: Philip Larkin

Poem: Mr. Bleaney

Volume: The Whitsun Weddings

Year: Published/Written in 1955

'This was Mr. Bleaney's room. He stayed

The whole time he was at the Bodies, till

They moved him.' Flowered curtains, thin and frayed,

Fall to within five inches of the sill, (4)

Whose window shows a strip of building land,

Tussocky, littered. 'Mr Bleaney took

My bit of garden properly in hand.'

Bed, upright chair, sixty-watt bulb, no hook (8)

Behind the door, no room for books or bags

'I'll take it.' So it happens that I lie

Where Mr Bleaney lay, and stub my fags

On the same saucer-souvenir, and try (12)

Stuffing my ears with cotton-wool, to drown

The jabbering set he egged her on to buy.

I know his habits - what time he came down,

His preference for sauce to gravy, why (16)

He kept on plugging at the four aways -

Likewise their yearly frame: the Frinton folk

Who put him up for summer holidays,

And Christmas at his sister's house in Stoke. (20)

But if he stood and watched the frigid wind

Tousling the clouds, lay on the fusty bed

Telling himself that this was home, and grinned,

And shivered, without shaking off the dread (24)

That how we live measures our own nature,

And at his age having no more to show

Than one hired box should make him pretty sure

He warranted no better, I don't know. (28)

Narrative voice and characters in MR BLEANY

This poem is comparing the two different MR BLEANY and the person who recently arrives at his room
and compares and contrasts his life with Bleany.

 Mr Bleaney (MOTIF IN POEM)

 ‘I’ = the poet(the narrator)
 “The landlady” (of the car Bodies)
 ‘We’ = men in general
Graph logical features in poem Mr. Bleany: it is the study of hand writing in a
piece of text.

1: Rhyme scheme: 1: ABABA style 2: seven quatrain of iambic parameter are applied in the poem. (of
rhythm in poetry) in which one weak or short syllable is followed by one strong or long syllable.

This is very regular pattern of poetry and very regular rhyme scheme suggesting the monotony of life as
well. This monotony is actually prevailing in the life of Bleany as posed by the narrator. For some reason
or the other the poet has not used the rhyme scheme in the last stanza for some reasons.

3: Systematic formation in the poem: hyphens are used deliberately in the poem at many times. For
example;
1: Saucer-souvenir
2: Cotton-wool
3sixty-watt
5four aways –Likewise
4: Unusual capitalization in poem:
Unusual capitalization in the poem is seen many times. Although each line of each stanza is starting from
capital word yet it is noticeable that why poet has used capitalization contrary to the usual flow of writing.
In this place in the poem the word capitalized is conveying special kind of theme about MR Bleany
telling how Mr Bleany spent his whole time and where and in what circumstances. Bodies is colloquial
phrase used for cars and autos

At the Bodies,

5: Frequent Use of Personal pronoun “I”:

The stressed use of “I” is showing that the narrator is showing sense of possession and trying to clarify it
to the reader as well.

6: Punctuation: Punctuation is used 31 times in the poem in which apostrophe, comas, full stop,
semicolon and inverted commas are repeated in poem. But there is only one dash used in 15 line of the
poem:

I know his habits - what time he came down

Behind the door, no room for books or bags -
He kept on plugging at the four aways –
Dash is used here is showing as if poet wants to convey more information and some trivial facts about the
nature of Mr. Bleany.

We find use of hyphen in poem at following places:

Sixty-watt
Saucer-Souvenir
Cotton-wool
System of writing in language of poem: contracted forms

There are only two places where contacted forms are used in the poem. These are used for the economy
of time and space from the poet in a poem. It is also known as reduction process.

“'I'll take it”

“I don't know”
Structure of poem: Poem is started by the poet in simple and accessible situation. The poet is moving
from specific information towards general in formation .that is why in first stanzas he has shown first
person pronoun singular and at the end he is using third person pronoun plural and first person plural.

There are seven stanzas in the poem and each stanza is having four lines of same length. Somehow or the
other the poet wants to describe the monotony of MR Bleany ‘s life by writing in that way

phonological features
1:End Rhyme: The end rhyme of poem Mr Bleany in each stanza follows this pattern: ABABB. The first and
second stanzas demonstrate the pattern. Example still, frayed, hook, took, land, hand.

'This was Mr Bleaney's room.(wittily uttered) He stayed

The whole time he was at the Bodies, till
They moved him.' Flowered curtains, thin and frayed,(comically uttered)
Fall to within five inches of the sill,

2: Alliteration the alliteration on 'f', 's' and 'b' is found in many lines of poems as: it is giving the
impression of distrust and dislikeness.

 Flowered curtains, thin and frayed,Fall to within five inches of the sill
“sister's house in On the same saucer-souvenir” “the Frinton folk”
Stoke”

3: repetition
There is also found the repetition of gerund which is the important nature of Flip Larkin’s poem Mr
Bleany.
Jabberin Tousling Pluggin Having Stuffing
g g

We also found the similar sound effects in the

rhyme scheme of every stanza and the most important is that every line of poem has 7, 8, and 9, words

4: Harsh consonantal sound:

stu Stuffing .Jabbering Littered. Tussocky,

b ,

These words of harsh and rough sound are showing the ironic and humorous aptitude of narrator towards Mr.
Bleany.

5: Onomatopoeic words:

“Jabbering” the word shows that the narrator is fed up or not happy when he talks about MR Bleany’s
possessions.

6: Tone: Tone is the poet’s attitude towards his or her subject or readers. It is similar to tone of voice
but should not b confused with mood or atmosphere. An author’s tone might be sarcastic, sincere,
humorous melancholic etc. In this poem the author’s tone is melancholic.

7: Assonance; It is called the repetition of vowel sounds in all over a line. This poem contains a large
amount of assonance, as shown by the highlighted vowels. The function of assonance is to establish a
rhythm to the poem so that it can be read easily. I find the repetition of “o” “i” most frequently which is
easy for reader to pronounce.
The whole time he was at the Bodies, till
They moved him.' Flowered curtains, thin and frayed,
Fall to within five inches of the sill,
Whose window shows a strip of building land,
Tussocky, littered. 'Mr Bleaney took
Behind the door, no room for books or bags -
'I'll take it.' So it happens that I lie
Stuffing my ears with cotton-wool, to drown
The jabbering set he egged her on to buy.
He kept on plugging at the four aways -
Who put him up for summer holidays,
But if he stood and watched the frigid wind
Tousling the clouds, lay on the fusty bed
Telling himself that this was home, and grinned,
And at his age having no more to show
Than one hired box should make him pretty sure
He warranted no better, I don't know.

Grammatical features in Mr.Bleany:

Structural and lexical words in poem Mr Bleany

Prepositio Pronoun Article Past lexical Adjective Conjuncti N.phrase

1. the verb 1.whole on 1.mr
n 1. he
1: stayed
2. he 2. the 2.flowere 1.and 2.bleany
1. At
3. a 2,moved 3.thin 2.or 3.tussoky
2. To 3. they
4. no 3.;ittered
3. Within 4. him 4.frayed 3.and 4.bleany
5. he 4.took
4. In 5. it 5.hand 4.and 5.mr
6. no 5,lay
5. Behind 6. it 6.upright 5.but 6.bleany
7. the 6:egged
6. For 7. i 7.sixty 6:and 7.frinton
8. the 7:came
7. On 8. he watt 7:and 8.stoke
9. the 8:kept
8. With 9. her
10. the 9;put 8.jabberi 9,and
9. On 10. i
11. the 10.stood ng Possessi
10. To 11. he
12. the 11.watched 9:yearly ve
11. For 12. he
13. the 11.lay 10:frigid
12. To 13. him 1.my
14. the 12.grimmed 11:fusty
13. At 14. he
15. we 15. the 13.shivered 12:tussok 2.my
14. For
15. At
16. the y 3.his
17. the 4.his
16. In
18. the
17. On 5.their
18. Without
19. Of
6.his
20. Of
21. of

Gerund Adverb Ad Wh-adverb conjunction determiner cardinal

1. Stuffing 1.properly Phrase 1.where 1.that 1.this 1.five
2.jabberin 2.So 1:Down 2.why 2.that 2.this 2.four
g 3.Likewise 2.on 3.how 3.that 3.same
3.plugging 4.their 3.up
4.Tousling 5.home 4.of
5.Telling
 6.shaking

Use of adjective: There are total 12 adjectives used in the poem.5 adjectives are positive and
rests of adjectives are negative .But when we study these adjectives in the context of the poem I
found that all are used to highlight the negative connotation about Mr. Bleany.Adjectives of
comparison “better” is also used in the last lines of poem.”Tussoky”is also a very strong
adjective.
Use of adverb: All the adverbs used by Larkin in this poem are giving detailed information
about the living style of Mr. Bleany.”Properly” is adverb of quality, “likewise” is adverb rightly
used after hyphen which is showing the detailed information.”Home” is adverb of place used
here to refer to the dwelling place of Mr. Bleany.
Use of Noun: The use of noun in this poem is referring to people, objects, creature and
phenomena and it also included abstract ideas and imaginative words constructed by the poet for
readers.
Use of pronoun: pronouns are usually used as place of nouns and referring to things and
ideas already mentioned in a piece of text. The pronouns in Mr. Bleany refer to Mr. Bleany
himself, the land lady, the narrator, home and room, as well.

Use of Conjunction: Conjunctions are usually to make connections and links between
the given information and events. In this poem Larkin has used “and” “or” “but”. And qualifies
that poet want to add extra information to reader. “Or” is also to give choice and the use of “but
“shows the conversion of poet from one point of view to another. It is showing contradictory
statement of poets towards Bleany.
Use of Prepositions: use of prepositions tells us about the time place and actions.
Preposition are used 21 times in poem giving the detailed information about the character about
which narrator is talking, about place under discussion and conditions and time in which the
detailed description is being said.

Use of Past forms of verbs: The poem is heavily containing the past events and past forms
of verbs of action are showing that something had been happened somewhere with someone and
the narrator is giving the information about it to the reader. The rest of parts of speech are
described in a table.

Determiner Are used to identify, classify, things and noun phrases in a sentence.
s

Are used in poem to make clear what is said about noun and noun phrases.
pronouns
Are showing possessions of Mr. bleany, the narrator and land lady.

2 cardinal are explaining the quantity of (inches, watt,) different concrete

Possessives
things in the poem.
 Cardinals

Lexical features in poem:

The lexical features of the poem have two standard interpretations; one is a more literal interpretation,
while the other is more ironic. Readers often see the poem literally, as an expression of individualism.
Critics typically view the poem as in ironic way.

1: Enjambment in poem:
It is the fact of a sentence continuening beyond the sentence and explaining the facts and unfolding deep
realities of life. Poet is also trying to explain the facts and his suppositions still there are many facts to
unfold by the reader are left undone.

2: Coinage:

Introducing new forms of words is neologism and Larkin has neologies the two words by using them to
gather and gives them new orientation of meaning according to context. For example:

Saucer-souvenir

4: Unfamiliar expressions used in poem:

The more unfamiliar expressions are the more the reader would get interested. Philip Larking perhaps
using this technique have used following unfamiliar expressions in his poem.

At the Suggests the car factory which shows he has no family relations like
bodies wife and children and he remain all time there. Owing to the passive
character of Bleany we cannot give any final point why Larkin has
used this actually,

The four a It may refer to the repeated attempt to win foot ball pools and his
ways addiction to gambling. This expression is so much unfamiliar to
understand easily by the reader.

5: Connotations in poem:
Stuffing my ears with cotton-wool, to drown
The jabbering set he egged her on to buy.

Connotations are the attached meanings. “Egged” is having an interesting connotation as if Mr. Bleany
was fed up with her routine wise chattering and talking so he pursue land lady to by a radio so that it may
help her more.

6: Colloquial references
Pledging, jabbering, at the bodies: here at the bodies is not a place to put the dead bodies but at the age of
Larkin it was a colloquial reference for the car factory.

7: Paradox in the poem: A statement containing two opposite ideas that make it seem impossible or
unlikely, although it is probably true; the use of this in writing.

We find that the poet has used paradox in poem and these two contradictory statements show that
how the narrator shows his own lack of knowledge and uncertainty. At the very end of the poem
poet shows that even he is not fully aware of MR Bleany.In starting stanzas although his attitude
and behavior is so much obvious apparently yet at the end it is not actually. For example

“I know his habits” “…………………………“I don’t know”

In this way Larkin conveys his ideas then he steps back from all of them “How we live and
measures our own nature” is also a paradoxical statement.

8: Universality in poem:

First line of second stanza also showing that there is universal appeal in the language. The use of first
person plural pronoun tells us that poet is indirectly addressing towards the whole humanity.

9: Duality in poem: at one place narrator is jealous, envious. He juxtaposed himself as jealous
and superior than him and presents him in the sense of belittle. The use of conjunction “but” is
showing how he comes from bad to good feelings of purity and claims himself that he cannot
decide at the end. At this point narrator is found in the process of refinement of feelings and
realizes the ordinariness, and empty failure of life.

Lexical relations in poem

1: Compounding: it is defined as joining of two separate words to produce a single form. This is
technical process that has been shown by the poet in Mr. Bleany.Larkin’s excessive use of
compounding in the poem shows how he is adept in playing with words in order to convey his
ideas to the reader. For example

Flowered curtains, hired box,frinton folk, upright chair yearly frame, jabbering set, frigid
wind

2: Conversion: the poet has shifted to category change at one point in poem. This word usually
does not occur with clouds and wind yet Larkin used it. For example

“Frigid wind tousling the clouds”

pragmatic meanings conveyed through Quotations according to physical

context and co-text of poem:
All these quotations are conveying the message of a person’s character living in room plus about his
living conditions socially physically and materially.
 quotations Pragmatic meanings

curtains, thin and frayed Curtains are in very poor condition as well as cheap, miserable way of Bleany
A strip of building land, tussocky,
littered Showing inadequateness of bleany’s life, land is not able to cultivate.
Bed, upright chair, sixty-watt
bulb “Lay on the fusty bed” Explains poverty and poor quality of life, decayness of life.
No hook behind the door,
no room for books or bags No belongings no interest in books and having no reading habits
, The jabbering set
“plugging at the four a ways”
They moved him Implies as if he died in the room
Properly in hand He left the garden with a mess.
So it happens….. Speaker assumes his presence by chance
Stub my fags obnoxious lazy and careless manner
I know his habits he starts identifying himself with Mr bleany
Telling himself that this was Laughing and humorous attitude towards room.
home
But if he stood and watch frigid The speaker assumes whether mr bleany himself realizes that he lives in such
wind pathetic condition, the same feeling of dread and depression.
That how we live and measure Speaker questions his identity that who they really are? Speaker believes we
our own nature. are so much low valued in our judgments.
No more to show than one hired Box implies horrible small rented room, box may be coffin, end of life, death
box Speaker claims that he is still not certain about which he said, observed.
I don’t know
plugging at the four a ways Used in a colloquial style showing his battle against the odds of life, four a
ways refers that he was addicted of gambling, or may be football game etc
Deictic expressions used in poem:
There are some expressions that cannot be understood without the knowledge f context and
physical context of speaker. In Mr. bleany I found many Diatec references without them we
cannot understand the theme and style of writer at all.

Person deixis: These are used to point things and people. In poem following peron diexis are
used “Whose her his their him this”

Temporal deixis: They point to time. Example from poem: “whole time, till”

Spatial deixix: They are used to point location. Poem has following spatial diexis to point of the
place under discussion. “Where” it is pointing out the room in which Mr. Bleany used to live.

Poem is also very rich in other pragmatic features of references, inferences; anaphora’s and
presuppositions as well.

Inference: it is more dependent upon the reader’s ability to understand the things than his
dictionary knowledge of words and language. For example in poem when narrator says:
“He stayed the whole time he was at the Bodies, till they moved him” With the help of previous
information reader will infer how, where, why and how long Bleany stayed. What were he
reason he was moved and what type of work he used to do .It will be inferred by reader when he
knows the context, age and time of larkin the poet. Another example is when narrator says:

“And at his age having no more to show” the understanding will be developed when reader will
think whole contextual and pragmatic situation of the poem.

Anaphora: when we refer back to the situation, things, person, events it is called anaphora.
“Mr. Bleaney, room” are antecedents and the rest of anaphoric references are anaphoric expressions.

For example: “This, He, They, Whose, He, Likewise, hired box” all these are referring back to
the antecedents helping reader to get the information easily.

Word frequency: It is included the words that are repeated more than one time in the
poem. These more than one time occurrences may helps in developing the understanding of
reader.

Determiner ‘THE” is the most frequent word in the poem used twelve times. It is used in poem
only before noun which help in understanding the concepts about the poet ‘intended meanings

Conjunction is used more than 8 times in the poem which is the highest frequent word in the
poem showing that the information is given by linking one information to the other in an orderly
form.

Rank Frequency Word

1 12 The
2 8 And
3 7 He
4 5 To
5 4 At
6 4 His
7 4 I
8 4 No
9 4 On
10 3 Bleaney
11 3 For
12 3 Him
13 3 Mr
14 3 My
15 3 Of
16 3 That
17 3 Was
18 2 Bed
 19 2 In
20 2 It
21 2 Know
22 2 Lay
23 2 Room
24 2 S
25 2 This
26 2 Time

Places where parts of speech used in the poem

45 Singular and plural nouns
11 Adjectives
13 Past lexical words
18 Article
9 Adverbs
9 conjuction
6 Gerunds
6 Possessive Pronoun
3 WH- Adverbs
'This was Mr Bleaney's room.(wittily uttered) He stayed
The whole time he was at the Bodies, till
They moved him.' Flowered curtains, thin and frayed,(comically uttered)
Fall to within five inches of the sill,

Whose window shows a strip of building land,

(harhly uttered)Tussocky, littered. 'Mr Bleaney took
My bit of garden properly in hand.'

Bed, upright chair, sixty-watt bulb, no hook

Behind the door, no room for books or bags -

(Uttered with comic,sarcastic expression)'I'll take it.' So it happens that I(stressed) lie
Bleany’s
room
Where Mr Bleaney lay, and stub my(stressed) fags
On the same saucer-souvenir, and try

Stuffing my ears with cotton-wool, to drown

The jabbering set he egged her on to buy.
I know his habits - what time he came down,
His preference for sauce to gravy, why

He kept on plugging at the four aways -

Likewise their yearly frame: the Frinton folk
Bleany’life Who put him up for summer holidays,
And Christmas at his sister's house in Stoke.
But if he stood and watched the frigid wind
 Tousling the clouds, lay on the fusty bed
Telling himself that this was home, and grinned,
And shivered, without shaking off the dread

That how we live measures our own nature,

And at his age having no more to show
Than one hired box should make him pretty sure
Speaker’s He warranted no better, I don't know.(uncertain,tentative behavior)
compariso
n with
bleany

Literary devices and techniques used in the poem

1:Antithesis: It is a technique in which contrasting words, phrases, sentences, or ideas are used for
emphasis. For example: In the poem mr bleany the narrator turns suddenly from the detailed
description towards the idea that he actually feels. This line at the end of detailed description of
bleany is contrasting the previous information.
“But if he stood and watched the frigid wind”
The ending paragraph is also conveying the contrasting idea and poet’s process of change of mind.
That how we live measures our own nature,

2: Metaphor: A troop in which a word or phrase is transfused from its literal meaning to stand for
something else. A metaphor compares two objects or things without using the words "like" or "as". For
example: in poem the phrase “one hired box “ is a metaphor used for room . “at the Bodies” is a phrase
used for the impressions of a place where cars and the places for garage.

3: Personification: Trope in which human qualities or abilities are assigned to abstraction or

inanimate object is called personification. For example: “The jabbering set” this phrase is also
referring to the personification of a talkative lady who was urged by Bleany to buy radio so that
it may help her to tackle with his non-stop chattering. Another example is “bleany” himself
personifies as an alien who faces estrangement in urban setting. Life of Bleany personifies the
declining quality of modern times and shows his restricted attitude towards life.

4: Imagery: imagery is used by the poet to give depth to his piece of art. It allows the reader to think
deeply in the text to explore the social, literal and den notated meanings. It appeals to human senses
to deepen the reader's understanding of the work. In this poem there is very rich use of imagery.
When the reader reads the poem he finds himself exactly at that place as if he is watching the entire
scenario with his very eyes.
For example: IN THIS POEM

Imagery of Flowered curtains, The jabbering set,clouds, fusty bed,frigid wind, jabbering set
decay and , thin and frayed Bed, upright chair, sixty-watt bulb, no hook, five inches of the
dinginess, sill, fusty bed yearly frame
economic
regression
5: Rhetoric and hyperbole: the words that are spoken with exaggeration and overflow of feelings
are called rhetorical and hyperbole. In this phrase the writer is showing disgrace in a rhetoric and
comic manner which is showing unfullfilleness and ambiguousness.

“'I'll take it”……………………and……………..”'I know”…………but actually he does not know

which he confesses himself latter.

6. Irony in the poem:

Jabbering set Colloquial referring to lo lower middle class setting

At the bodies Colloquial word used for cars,

Friged,grinned,shivered Emptiness, uselessmess passing time, lack of

Tussoky littered pleasure, Death and frightening things.
Properly in hand Ironic in a sense that it is said as if contains the ideas
of Mr Bleany hard work and his fruit of
endeavours.But actually it is not reality.

Ironic reference:
 
               “That how we live measures our own nature” is an ironic reference showing the poets
critical thinking of making life in boundaries, limitations and fixed parameters.

7: A symbolic poem:
The poem Mr Bleany is full of symbols and relations with the concrete and abstract things.

1: Title of poem shows many things of symbolic attachments. Word “Bleany”is derived from
two words “bleak “and “mean”. These words are showing the pathetic and miserable condition
of Bleany.

2: We found that in his poem the poet has familiarized reader with the darkness and shabby life
of his age through symbolism. For example look at these lines:
thin and frayed  ,Fall to within five inches of the sill ,Whose window shows a strip of building land? 
Tussocky, littered’ 

Through these lines the poor circumstances and surroundings are symbolized. Larkin has
introduced the hopelessness and emptiness of Mr Bleany and his life.
3:Description of room: room is described in a way that it create a full fledge image in minds of
the readers and showing ass if the speaker has no interest in his room yet it was f great
importance for Mr. Bleany and it was his full life. Room was not enough to fit the things.

‘No room for books or bags’, Bed, upright chair, Sixty-watt bulb, no hook, ‘Flowered curtains, thin and
frayed
These words are suggesting that room was in miserable condition and based on uncomfortable
chair, low power bulb and lack of hook is showing how things are inappropriate in the room.
Small and thin curtains are showing room was not in good position.
‘The jabbering set he egged her on to buy’ it is the symbol used for a cheap radio.

8: use of pun in poem:

Pun is clever and humorous use of words that has more than one meaning and sounds the same.

Pun is found in first phrase of first stanza “at the bodies”. It may be car bodies, place of
employers or a room for dead bodies.

9: Metaphor:
In second last sentence of the poem phrase “one hired box” is used as a metaphor of room and
described as a small, personifying poverty, death, grave and more or less absence of life.

“no room for books or bags “this phrase is also depicting the materialistic and intellectual gap in
Mr Bleany.Not only he could get wealth and money but also he lacks interest in reading and
other hobbies. “Frayed / bed / upright chair / sixty-watt bulb”

All these are somehow or the other telling about describing the poverty and weakness of Bleany.

10: Use of pathetic fallacy: It is described as the act of describing animals and things as having
human feelings. For example:

“The frigid wind Tousling the clouds” it means that some forceful things are holding clouds so the
case with Mr. Bleany who is controlled by the powerful forces of the world. “Till they moved
him” this also shows the helplessness of Mr. Bleany.Frigid wing is also the symbol of aloofness
and cold behavior of life. As wind controls over clouds and take them anywhere so the world
does with Mr. Bleany.

Conclusion:
Stylistic study of the poem Mr. Bleany helped much in finding:

1: physical personifications and appearances of room

2: Significance and subtleties’ of thoughts in common place

3: Deep and thought provoking analysis of common situations of life

4: Contradictions and binaries in order to find out the hidden massage of Larkin

5: Pessimism, monotony, isolation and alienation of life portrayed by Larkin

6: Use of modern tools and images in ordinal way

7: Coherence in the sentence to show thematic unity

8: Impact of flaws and failures of modern age on common man.

9:That he was the poet of ordinary man.

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