Reaction to Nothing to be Said

In the first stanza, we see a variation in different cultures and people, but Larkin points out through 'life is slowly dying' that we are all the same because of the fact that we are all dying together. You could also interpret this by saying that even though everyone is different, death provides everyone with equality. 

In the second stanza, 'ways of slowly dying' could mean that we all do different things to satisfy us before dying, to keep us occupied before death, also reaffirming the idea of that in the first stanza. 

In the third stanza we see Larkin's view that we as humans want to give evidence to our existence through reproducing and also gives the notion that Larkin feels that whilst life goes quickly - 'or birth, advance', death is eternal. Larkin recognises religion by the last three lines - 'and saying so to some/means nothing; others it leaves/nothing to be said.' - Christians believe in life after death, heaven - so therefore death is another journey, whilst others believe that death is the end.