W. H. Auden

INTRODUCTION Rabindranath Tagore- poet, short story writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, and painter – was born in a rich aristocratic family in Calcutta. He was the son of the religious reformer, Debendranath Tagore. He began to write verses early in life and after his studies in England, he returned to India in the late 1860s. He founded an experimental school in rural West Bengal at Shantiniketan, where he sought to blend the best in the Indian and Western traditions. Years of sadness…

Introductory Frame : Writing aims It is important to be concise and express your meanings clearly. As George Orwell (1992) said in “Politics and the English Language”, “If it is possible to cut out a word, always cut it out”(p. 182). Thus, I chose the passages in the sentence task for revision and extension part, both of them were the analysis of love poems. One paragraph is the analysis of William Butler Yeats’ love poem, another is the analysis of Anthony Ma’s love poem (SHEN, 2016, par. 1). I…

nauseating concept of suffering associated with the Holocaust is nearly impossible. The countless written works devoted to this tragedy are known for their ability to provoke thought and test morals. Despite the striking emotions both “Refugee Blues” by WH Auden and “A Cartload of Shoes” by Abraham Sutzkever invoke and the themes they cover, Sutzkever’s eyewitness account draws more reality and human life relation into the pot of literature.…

“They pushed her head under for a long time, then dragged her up by the hair”, and the impact upon the prisoners, “They broke me inside and out”, exposes the inhumane treatment of prisoners in the oppressive East German state. Ultimately, both W.H Auden and Anna Funder warn against oppressive ruling powers, and uncover the consequences when these powers are not challenged by the majority in their respective works “The Shield of Achilles” and “The Unknown Citizen”, and Stasiland. Both composers…

Introduction Wilfred Owen is one of the most well known poets of the First World War; he was born in England in 1893 and joined the military when he was 22 years old. He wanted to be a poet since a very young age and wrote his earlier poems when he was around 17 years old. In 1915, during the First World War, he enlisted in the British army and his first active service was at Serre and St.Quentin in 1917. He continued writing during his time as a soldier but was in active duty only for a few…

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Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula K. LeGuin and “The Unknown Citizen” by W.H. Auden. In both pieces the author brings out a situation where a person is unhappy with their life and how the people around them live. “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” tells an amazing story of a perfect city that gets all the great things in life at the cost of a little boy suffering. As well in the “Unknown Citizen” Auden tells a story about a government official reviewing a unhappy man’s life to…

reveal to the true identity of a man. In “The Unknown Citizen,” W.H. Auden presents a Big Brother like state that knows everything about its citizens except for what really matters; this state views individuality as irrelevant and judges citizens based solely on their relation to society as a whole. The bureaucrat leaves out important emotional events involving the unknown citizen that seem vital to the judging of his character. Auden uses a speaker whose viewpoints contradict his own to present…

The piece is very tragic, many personifications is used involving children this emphasizing the dread and fear for the refugees, and how soon they will have almost no freedom. The lament "Refugee Blues," was written by W.H. Auden in 1939, in the beginning of World War Two. The word “Refugee” in the title means a person who has to run away from his or her country, due to be treated badly. The word "blues" refers to slow and sad songs that were first sung by African slaves. Each stanza has…

one of the oldest concepts in the world. Everybody seems to have an idea as to what law is, but Auden ventures…