Exploring identity and time here, an Arundel grave and Whitsuntide weddings Larkin has been criticized over the years for the somberness of His poems, the blackened description of everyday life that some say lacks depth, however, unlike many other poets, Larkin does not always write the truth or depth of his feelings. In many there is a voice, which tries to convince its author of something that is usually quite evident or which explores itself but revealing only the surface. Why he is trying to convince himself and what true feelings are represent the real challenge and depth of Larkin's poems. The search for one's identity, combined for everyone in their own unique fantasies and realities, is a recurring theme in his poems. As is time, its flow, the transformation it generates and the damage it inflicts. In "Here", identity or the search for one's identity is the main theme. The quest is symbolized by the journey undertaken by Larkin, which takes him through the countryside before Hull, through Hull and finally into the countryside and onto the beach outside Hull. He finds his identity in the countryside outside Hull, but knows that although it is here he longs for, it is not his true self, it is his fantasy, the 'Here' he would like to live in but which is nevertheless not 'out of reach'. His true identity can be found in Hull, with the people and the city he despises so much. His journey begins in the farmland before Hull, he doesn't stop the car, he swerves ahead of everything because he knows it's not what he's looking for and the slowness of life he describes here is used in contrast to the imagined speed of the author's vehicle that swerves on the highway. His next stop, his arrival in Hull, marks an abrupt change of scenery ("the surprise of a big city") and When the driver stops the car, Larkin uses the word "Here" here for the first time so as to assume that he has finally found something, a part of his identity. What he sees, described in the next two paragraphs, is a city he despises, a city of people he feels are inferior to him, yet he knows them extremely well. He knows the contrast between its "domes and statues" and the "corn-strewn streets", as well as he knows the locals, describing their movements as "stealing" suggesting stealth and squalor as they move towards supermarkets, opening doors to their "desires", emphasizing that the desires are theirs.