April 26

Phillip Larken wrote quite a bit about religion and sin.  "High Windows" was very interesting and got a bit confusing in the last stanza.  I get that the poem is saying that inhibition has gone out the window and that most people are doing as they please and fulfilling all their wants and desires.  He speaks of these things and relates them to "paradise".  I believe he hits home though when he writes, "No God any more,..." (12).  I am confused, like I said earlier, in the last stanza.  I find it interesting that he calls the glass "comprehending" and says that beyond that glass is deep endless blue air.  I think that the high window is high because humanity has fallen so far from grace and even just a view of heaven and the salvation that is offered there have drifted from sight.  he says in line fifteen, "And his lot will all go down the long slide".  This is saying that those who have fulfilled their wanton desires  are on the path that "[goes] down" and leads to hell and eternal damnation.  Very interesting and of course, my interpretation is based on a personal religiousness.  Others may feel very differently about this poem.