Philip Larkin - An Arundel Tomb

Actually it's trochaic tetrameter not iambic pentameter.

Yes it's beautifull, which is why it is even more crushing that Larkin has tainted it with the line before, calling this statement "almost instinct, almost true"
that it would be so easy to say that love will prevail after we are gone, but alas, it is still false.

why would i get a grip? This is A-level work

An excellent piece of poetry.

thats the thing he's questioning

ahh but is it? or is it merely a "sculptors sweet commisioned grace"?
who knows if the couple were truly in love? or if it was just a way for a sculptor to create something with more meaning than just a couple of statues... yes, it's beautifull, but is it true? i think that's what Larkin is contemplating

i think that the sturdiness and perseverance of love can be represented by the iambic pentameter being conveyed throughout even during the break up in structure in the fifth stanza which represents the weathering of the stone tomb and of love itself - agree???

get a grip of yourself

yes i agree, in fact, Larkin uses iambic pentameter quite frequently in his work...
I think that the slow tempo throughout the majority of the poem represents the couples' "supine stationary voyage" that they are forever moving through time.