A Critical Appreciation of Toads Revisited by Philip Larkin

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They are generally disliked because of these traits, and just like work, like to be avoided. Work is, in a way, immovable just like a toad, as it has to be done no matter what. The persona then talks about the people who are dodging the ‘toad work’, and about how uninteresting their lives must be...
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In the sixth stanza, the line ‘the sun by clouds covered’ is a prime example, and the only example of irregular syntax in Toads Revisited. This illustrates the idea of the brain suffering through potential inactivity from sitting around instead of going to work...
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