Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) was born in York, England, and later became and American citizen. Auden was the founder for a generation of English poets, such as C. Day Lewis, and Stephen Spender. Auden s earlier works were composed of a Marxist outlook with a...
The term ‘literary canon’ refers to any books, narratives and poems considered to be the most persuasive pieces of a particular time period or place. For instance take the 19th century American literacy, it is generally the exposure to a version of a group of...
“[Funeral Blues]” was written in the 1900’s by an author named W.H Auden. It is a popular poem, and was included in the British movie “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” in which it is read at a funeral. The poem is about losing a loved...
