Read the following poem and answer the question:
Talking in Bed
Talking in bed ought to be easiest,
Lying together there goes back so far, An emblem of two people being honest.
Yet more and more time passes silently. Outside, the wind’s incomplete unrest Builds and disperses clouds about the sky,
And dark towns heap up on the horizon. None of this cares for us. Nothing shows why At this unique distance from isolation
It becomes still more difficult to find
Words at once true and kind,
Or not untrue and not unkinD)
Philip Larkin

Which of the following statements is true?

The correct option is: The poet says that talking in bed should be easy but it is not.

Here is the step-by-step explanation of why this option is correct:
1. The poem opens with the line: "Talking in bed ought to be easiest,". The word "ought" indicates an expectation or a sense of what should happen, suggesting that talking in bed should naturally be the easiest thing to do due to the intimacy and shared history ("Lying together there goes back so far").
2. However, the poem immediately introduces a contrast in the second stanza: "Yet more and more time passes silently." The word "Yet" signals a shift, indicating that despite what "ought to be," the reality is different.
3. The poem concludes by highlighting this difficulty in the final lines, stating that at this "unique distance from isolation," it becomes "still more difficult to find / Words at once true and kind, / Or not untrue and not unkind."
4. Thus, the poet juxtaposes the expectation that intimate communication in bed should be effortless with the silent, difficult reality of actually finding honest and kind words to speak, making the statement "talking in bed should be easy but it is not" the most accurate interpretation.