This Be The Verse by Philip Larkin

I read this poem and immediatly thought that the person who wrote this poem is not a parent themselves or hates children for that matter. I think it is horrible to think that parents are ruining their children's lives by making them with their faults and then adding more. Also, the fact that parenting is a cycle, parents do it to their children and their parents did it to them. I would hope that parenting would be more about teaching your children the correct ways and letting them find their own faults. By giving them faults you are not allowing them to make mistakes for themselves, which is how we learn. This poem overall is very poignant because I think it talks about parenthood is a backwards sort of way. It is not about hurting our kids with faults it is about teaching them the right way so that they can make mistakes on their own. I guess that I see myself in this poem because I definitely want to be a parent someday and this is an example of something that I would not want for my children. I guess this is a reverse "how to" guide in a way. The language that is used could be looked upon as "new" language because I would never think about this subject with this type of language.