Analysis of 'Ambulance- Philip Larkin'

SCASI

Setting:
'Loud noons of the city' -set in a city.
'All the streets in time are visited' -in the streets.
'Then Children strewn on steps or road' creates a good image of a community (the children were playing in the streets. This also could be a sign of neglect?)

Characters:
'Then Children strewn on steps or road' Does this mean the children aren't well looked after as they're in the streets?
'Or women coming from the shops' stereotypical woman shopping.

Action, What is happening?
An ambulance comes to collect a man, who is dying. The poem is describing the ambulance as death. It is a metaphor. The action taking place is the journey of the ambulance. The journey of death.

Style:
He writes tactfully by not mentioning the word ambulance throughout the poem which gives it a sense of ambiguity. He uses good imagery, as you can relate to the poem from your own experiences of seeing ambulances. He uses strong colours like white and red which have mixed connotations.

Ideas:
The ambulance is a metaphor for death.