The Whitsun Weddings Poem

I enjoyed reading the poem 'The Whitsun Weddings' by Philip Larkin. i felt that the comments made about weddings themselves were very clever such as; 'happy funeral'. This seems to be the perfect way to describe a wedding as it is the death of your life as you know it and everything changes from that point onwards- your youth independence and freedom are gone and for women you must stay at home, have children and look after the house.(not so much now but in the era in which the poem was written).
      Larkin also subtly points out the fact that weddings are all a facade using phrases such as 'nylon gloves' and 'jewellery substitutes'. This implies that weddings are all a show to cover up what marriage really means, in the speaker's eyes marriage is not something great and amazing, in fact he almost seems appalled and repulsed by the very idea of marriage.
        However although Larkin/ the speaker seems to hold these views on marriage he is open minded in realising that marriage can be a great thing, 'out of sight' implies that all marriages have potential but it depends upon what you do with that potential as to how your marriage will turn out.
      The structure of the poem is also interesting as it shows the thought process of Larkin whilst writing this poem, it begins with him looking at the landscape out of the train windows, it then moves onto him noticing the weddings and describing them and finally he takes a more philosophical view on the meaning of marriage incorporated with what he believes about marriage.