Musee des Beaux Arts
“About suffering they were never wrong (Auden).” Auden’s poem is about suffering and how others ignore it unless they are affected by it. Musee de Beaux Arts is an Ecphrasis poem, which means that it is a poem describing a scene or a work of art, written by W. H. Auden. This poem has ample literary devices used in it, such as allusion, enjambment, imagery, and juxtaposition, which is when two things are placed close together to cause a contrasting effect, all of these literary devices contribute to the story in an amazing way, making Auden’s poem unquestionably outstanding and enjoyable to read and listen to.
When you first read the poem, it may seem like Auden is just trying to explain how artist can depict a scene, but when you read through the poem a second time, really look for the actual meaning and read line by line, you come to realize that the meaning is completely different in a sense.…