This is one of Larkins humouros, shortest poems. He describes the careless nature of children, and the tolerable nature of parents.
Stanza One
> 'On shallow straw, in shadeless glass' - bleak unatural homes for animals, shadless seems like the hamsters are unprotected (possibly from the eyes of horrible children!)
> 'Huddled by empty bowls' - image of neglect in the petshop, huddled together implies they're cold
> Repetition of no enhances negatives
> The children asking and getting implies Larkin thinks parents are walkovers.
Stanza Two
> 'Living toys are something novel' - the children see the hamster as a funny toy, not a living thing, this suggests their careless nature.
> 'Soon it wears off' - easily bored
> 'Fetch the shoe box, fetch the shovel' - disposable
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