Talking In Bed - Philip Larkin

its about unity, realistic love
pathetic fallacy

Stanza 1: about a couple in bed - 'talking' - you usually sleep in bed. 'ought' - it should be the easiest thing to do but its not. should represent a couple that loves and cares for one another.
Stanza 2: 'more and more time passes silently' - silence, yet they are talking - harder to find things to talk about, they are not confronting their problems.
end of stanza moves on to talk about the weather.
Stanza 3:talks about the landscape but still relates to people - 'none of this cares for us' - we are alone in the world - you feel alone even tough theres someone next to you. so close but so far apart.
Stanza 4: 'more difficult to find words at once true and kind' - its hard to find what to say, and think of compliments.
'or not untrue and not unkind' - double negative, means the same thing - sometimes you have to lie to keep the relationship going.