Two Toads

   Toads by Philip Larkin made me really think about a couple things.  It took me a while to figure out what the second toad was in the poem, but I actually think that I know.  Obviously the first toad represents work.  I believe that the second toad symbolizes the speakers' morals.  I made that connection when I read that "it's hard to lose either, when you have both"(Larkin).  I just think that without morals, one would not want to work for what that person needs in life.  Also, without work one cannot have morals.  If a person is working it shows that that person is working for something in life and that person's morals make them do that.  I believe that these two toads that symbolize work and morals is very interesting and smart.  It allowed me to picture and understand the poem more clearly.  I liked not having what the second toad represented stated because then I was able to think about what I thought it symbolized. Leaving that out made me really have to think about what the poem was saying.