"If I Could Tell You" Analysis In "If I Could Tell You" W.H. Auden uses personification‚ repetition and imagery in order to prove the point; you must live your life like you do not have time left. Auden gives a vast setting over all. There are two main characters; Auden and time. The dialogue is in first person and he is speaking to some one he cares about. Auden uses personification to give life to time. This shows how time is the keeper of our destiny. He personifies time because he does not
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I think Caspar Friedrich’s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog‚ the first painting‚ is a depiction of the unforeseeable nature of the future. Because Wanderer literally translates to "hiker" instead of necessarily "one who wanders‚" the subject isn’t necessarily aimless or lost. This painting is likely a self-portrait depicting Friedrich’s view of the future. He is pictured in a fairly neutral stance‚ not particularly indicative of the magnitude of ambition seen in other paintings‚ so I think one can
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Analysis of "The Age of Anxiety" by W.H. Auden The themes and ideas in Auden’s "The Age of Anxiety" reflect his belief that man’s quest for self actualization is in vain. I. Auden’s background A. As a 1930’s poet 1. Views of Society 2. Diagnosis of the industrial society B. Major conflicts of his works II. "The Age of Anxiety" overview A. As a quest poem 1. Characters’ search for self-actualization 2. Characters’ inevitable failure in the quest B. Characters’ views on
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Andrew Santilli Prof. Dettmer ENGL 1220-c1603 March 4‚ 2015 The Battle against Big Brother The poem “The Unknown Citizen”‚ by W.H. Auden‚ is about the ideal person that the government wants in their society. The man does everything the right way and always agrees with the government‚ whether they are at war or they are at peace. Although the man is a perfect citizen to the government‚ they do not even know what his name is. At the top of the poem‚ they refer to the man as “JS/07/M/378”(343) and
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lifestyles. In the Renaissance age‚ times were not always happy and people chose to pass on stories generation to generation to reveal their feelings and experiences. Poems made a great impact in easing the pain. In the poems‚ "The Seafarer" and "The Wanderer"‚ the themes of loneliness and exile exist throughout both of the poems. The unknown authors portray the two themes through detail and emotion. "The Seafarer" creates a storyline of a man who is "lost" at sea. There is a major reference to the
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The poem the unknown citizen written by w.h Auden portrays from the point of view of the government what or how an ideal citizen should look like. This piece is written in third person omniscient to project a non-bias perspective and that way transmit the “truth” without being affected by feelings or personal point of views. Moreover at the end of the poem the author makes a relevant turn which effect is making the reader question himself if what was depicted before is the right thing‚ if that ideal
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The English-born American writer Wystan Hugh Auden was one of the most important poets of the 20th century. Educated at Oxford‚ he attracted attention as a prominent member of a group of young leftist writers who generally expressed a socialist viewpoint. The poem I have chosen for this essay is "The Unknown Citizen". I felt the time period reflected W.H. Auden’s views‚ making the unknown citizen an example of the government’s view of the perfect modern man in an overrated unrealistic society.<br><br>In
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What is Auden trying to achieve in writing this poem? First of all‚ Auden is asking to meditate on the relationship between the past‚ the present and the future. The poem refers to the past as "History is the operator" People should not be limited by the past and it should help them to make the future -> inspiration from the past (first part of the poem). "Tomorrow the enlarging of consciousness by diet and breathing" (plus all the lines on "Tomorrow") indicate hope that humanity will draw from
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In Memory of WB Yeats‚ discussing how far you find it characteristic of other WH Auden’s poems you have studied W.H Auden’s “In Memory of W.B Yeats” is an elegy to commemorate the life and death of a great poet‚ W.B Yeats. However‚ Auden adds another dimension to the poem by incorporating political references significant during the age of oppression and turmoil of the impending war and the extent of effectiveness of poetry at any point in time. In this poem‚ he utilizes techniques and themes commonly
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’How does Auden tell the story in Miss Gee?’ I think Auden tells the story in Miss Gee in a way which makes you so engaged it feels disturbing to read about Miss Gee’s life and death. The poem on the whole is very short‚ representing the fact that Miss Gee’s life seems insignificant. Auden starts off the poem by saying "Let me tell you a little story". This is already implying that Miss Gee and her life story will probably perceived as insignificant by the reader‚ which is representative of
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