the reader can easily comprehend‚ but there is a deep meaning to the words used in poem. "Funeral Blues" gives a clear imagery of a funeral. However it is followed by the word "blues". Why not Black? (since people wear it during funerals or the loss of someone). The word "blues" is used to represent sadness and gloominess. The color also represents Heaven according to "color-wheel-pro.com". The color blue is represented as Heaven as a sign to the speaker telling the readers that his love is now
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The poem ‘Funeral Blues’ is about a person’s partner passing away and consequently‚ their whole world is destroyed and becomes meaningless. Numerous quotes show that the narrator has lost their loved one; for instance “Bring out the coffin‚ let the mourners come” and “Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead” which are traditional things associated with death. Emotions such as grief‚ heartbreak‚ sadness and depression are prominent during the poem and are evident through quotes such as “For
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Discuss how W. H. Auden connects life and art in "Musee des Beaux Arts." Introduction It is inevitable that tragic events happen in life. Perhaps it is only a few people who are affected‚ perhaps there are millions‚ but they always move on from these tragedies. In the poem "Musee des Beaux Arts‚" by W. H. Auden‚ the author uses references from the painting "Icarus" by Peter Breughel. This painting shows a boy drowning in the ocean‚ while all the focus of the painting is away from that‚ as everyone
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FUNERAL BLUES by W. H. Auden Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone‚ Prevent the dogs from barking with a juicy bone‚ Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin‚ let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead‚ Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves‚ Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. He was my North‚ My South‚ my East and West‚ My working week and my Sunday rest
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“Funeral Blues” by W. H. Auden has a very dark feel as opposed to “She is gone”. The writer tells a story of his grief‚ and how he disconnects with his life after loosing someone he loved. There are no uplifting metaphors or promise that it gets better‚ just his deep grief and darkness. He uses the metaphors to a funeral “Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone. …” in the first part of the poem to set the mood‚ and tell us what his theme is. And then goes on to describe how much the person gone
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few line of stanza stanza one Auden starts off by recreating what the present condition was like at the time of his death to create a gloomier atmosphere to get the readers attention. He does this in most of his poem‚ creating an atmosphere to get the readers attention such as now the leaves are falling fast. “Now the leaves are falling fast” Auden recreates very windy atmosphere to start of the poem‚ to set up the lament which is “Nurse’s flowers will not last;” Auden poems are always well structured
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corrode the creative and revolutionary spirit of the individual. The poem was also titled after “tombs of the unknown soldiers”‚ tombs that were used to represent soldiers who were impossible to identify since the end of World War I. Auden wrote the poem shortly after becoming a citizen of the United States. He came to the U. S. to escape what he thought was the repressive nature of Britain. It is clear how this poem stands the test of time so well‚ because Auden’s exile could
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Smith and his wife Anna in Little Grosvenor Street‚ London. WH Smith currently operates over 1200 stores‚ primarily in UK. It sells a wide range of products‚ which are divided into four categories: stationary‚ books and impulse as well as small range of entertainment products. Mission Statement: “WH Smith aim is to be Britain’s most popular book seller‚ stationer and newsagent”. Getting into more details of this statement it seems clear that WH Smith reached their purpose and they are improving products
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safety (WHS) processes was conducted in December 2014 to determine the company’s level of health and safety performance. The assessment was based on the information provided by the company through documentation and information available on the intranet. The focus of this report is the Wollongong warehouse located in NSW and subject to the NSW Work Health and Safety Act 2011. Australian Hardware has expanded nationally to include 138 warehouse stores and around a 1000 workers. The current WHS processes
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Auden was born 21 February 1907‚ in York‚ the son of a physician. At first interested in science‚ he soon turned to poetry. In 1925 he entered Christ Church College‚ University of Oxford‚ where he became the centre of a group of literary intellectuals that included Stephen Spender‚ Christopher Isherwood‚ C. Day Lewis‚ And Louis MacNeice. After graduation he was schoolmaster in Scotland and England for five years. In London‚ in the early 1930s‚ Auden belonged to a circle of promising young poets
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