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Compare the Ways in which Plath and Larkin explore ideas about Parenthood in their poems. Both Plath and Larkin wrote in the mid 20th century, and as such watched the forefront of the women's rights movement. However, Plath committed suicide in 1963, before the 'women's liberation' and consequently had a more imprisoned view of motherhood. Plath herself was a mother to two children, and consequently had a more realistic grasp of being a parent, whereas Larkin never married, and consequently bases his parenthood poems around ideas and concept. One of Larkin's most famous poems relating to parenthood is 'Self's the Man'. His overpowering theme is of the dilution of ones self once having children. He reflected that being a parent weakened you as an individual, through such phrases as 'He has no time at all', which reflects the opinion that parents lose their life, and have to live through their children....

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