FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
POETRY
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An awful way to earn a living
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A game of knowledge
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The soul exposed
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An explosion of language
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Detailed explanation-1: -Auden’s poems deal with universal themes such as love, political and social concerns, religion and personal morals, often set against the backdrop of man’s relation to the natural world. Born in England in 1907, Auden later settled in the United States, but only after spending years in locales all over the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some critics have called Auden an anti-Romantic-a poet of analytical clarity who sought for order, for universal patterns of human existence. Auden’s poetry is considered versatile and inventive, ranging from the tersely epigrammatic to book-length verse, and incorporating a vast range of scientific knowledge.
Detailed explanation-3: -Wystan Hugh Auden was born in York, England on February 21, 1907. He moved to Birmingham during childhood and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. As a young man he was influenced by the poetry of Thomas Hardy and Robert Frost, as well as William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Old English verse.
Detailed explanation-4: -W. H. Auden’s “Epitaph on a Tyrant” is a satirical elegy for a dictator. Written in 1939, when fascism was overtaking Europe, the poem describes an unnamed dictator as a kind of deranged and narcissistic artist, determined to impose his cruel, simplistic vision of “Perfection” on all of society.