Look We Have Come Through! The title of this section suggests a note of hope and faith in human resilience. How far is this reflected in the poems?The poems in this section are about the hardships of life and the problems that people have to face, yet there is an undertone of hope in them too, the problems may not be solved, but the poems show that there is a sense of faith in human resilience.On the Balcony is about the relationship between a man and a woman and how they are what are important in an unpredictable inanimate world. The first line is almost an oxymoron in itself describing the sombre mountains next to a faint lost ribbon of rainbow. The atmosphere through out the whole poem is sombre like the mountains, yet through it all lies the rainbow, which in biblical terms refers to the rainbow in Noahs Arc which was a symbol of hope, showing that there is also hope for the couple in the poem. Lawrence describes the relationship between the world and the couple as us and it. This shows a strong sense of unity between the two, its as though nothing can get between them. The only other people around are the labourers who are like dark stumps standing in the green wheat. They are presented as heavy, steady unimportant parts of the landscape and are a contrast to the intimate relationship that the couple have. They are standing on a balcony and the man can distinguish the scent of the womans hair. The balcony is a symbol of the solidity of their relationship, and the fact that he can smell her hair shows that they are standing very close together, this shows the bond that they have.The atmosphere around the couple is unpredictable, as a pale-green glacier river floats a dark boat through the gloom. Yet Lawrence replies, we have each other! The tone of this line is almost celebratory in a sigh of relief, this is shown by the exclamation mark. However, the tone changes slightly, as he says what have we but each other? as Lawrence reali...
