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Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was an Anglo-American poet and playwright, best known for love poems such as "Funeral Blues", socio-political poems like "September 1, 1939" and "The Shield of Achilles", cultural and psychological poems like ''The Age of Anxiety'', and religious poems like "For the Time Being" and "Horae Canoicae". His poetry was influenced by Creator/TSEliot, Marianne Moore, [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante]], and Creator/WBYeats.
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Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was an Anglo-American poet and playwright, best known for love poems such as "Funeral Blues", socio-political poems like "September 1, 1939" and "The Shield of Achilles", cultural and psychological poems like ''The Age of Anxiety'', and religious poems like "For the Time Being" and "Horae Canoicae". His poetry {{poetry}} was influenced by Creator/TSEliot, Marianne Moore, [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante]], and Creator/WBYeats.
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* HeAlsoDid: Auden once wrote "The Platonic Blow", a gleefully pornographic poem about a homosexual encounter. He had no thought of publishing the poem and only wrote it to a couple of friends.
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Auden himself is one of the major characters in Creator/AlanBennett's play ''Theatre/TheHabitOfArt''.
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* SpyFiction: Of the Stale Beer-flavoured version, especially in his early poetry, which is obsessed with plans and sabotage and betrayals.
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* SpyFiction: Of the Stale Beer-flavoured version, especially in his early poetry, which is obsessed with plans and sabotage and betrayals.betrayals.
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->'' 'Oh stand, stand at the window,'\\
As the tears scald and start;\\
You shall love your crooked neighbor\\
With your crooked heart. ' ''
-->--"As I Walked Out One Evening"
'''W. H. Auden''' (1907 - 1973) (W.H. being short for Wystan Hugh) was an English/American poet and playwright.
Had a huge influence in the tone and structure of modern poetry, and on the poets surrounding him during his time. In turn, he was influenced by Creator/{{TS Eliot}}, Marianne Moore, [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante]], and Creator/WBYeats.
->'' 'Oh stand, stand at the window,'\\
As the tears scald and start;\\
You shall love your crooked neighbor\\
With your crooked heart. ' ''
-->--"As I Walked Out One Evening"
'''W. H. Auden''' (1907 - 1973) (W.H. being short for Wystan Hugh) was an English/American poet and playwright.
Had a huge influence in the tone and structure of modern poetry, and on the poets surrounding him during his time. In turn, he was influenced by Creator/{{TS Eliot}}, Marianne Moore, [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante]], and Creator/WBYeats.
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As the tears scald and start;\\
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->''"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love
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-->--"As I Walked Out One Evening"
'''W. H. Auden''' (1907 - 1973) (W.
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* ''Look, Stranger!'' (1936)(U.S. title ''On This Island'', 1936)
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* ''The Dyer's Hand and other essays'' (criticism, 1963)
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!!Auden's poetry contains examples of:
* GriefSong: "Funeral Blues" is a literal example, having been written as a cabaret song about one's dead lover. "In Memory of W.B. Yeats" is a non-sung version.
* ItsNotYouItsMe: A common trope in his early love poems.
* SpyFiction: Of the Stale Beer-flavoured version, especially in his early poetry, which is obsessed with plans and sabotage and betrayals.
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Now IUEO; the work must remark on the unfortunateness
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'''W. H. Auden''' (1907 - 1973) (W.H. being short for [[UnfortunateNames Wystan Hugh]]) was an English/American poet and playwright.
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'''W. H. Auden''' (1907 - 1973) (W.H. being short for [[UnfortunateNames Wystan Hugh]]) Hugh) was an English/American poet and playwright.
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'''W. H. Auden''' (W.H. being short for [[UnfortunateNames Wystan Hugh]]) was an English/American poet and playwright, 1907 - 1973.
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'''W. H. Auden''' (1907 - 1973) (W.H. being short for [[UnfortunateNames Wystan Hugh]]) was an English/American poet and playwright, 1907 - 1973.
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Had a huge influence in the tone and structure of modern poetry, and on the poets surrounding him during his time. In turn, he was influenced by {{TS Eliot}}, Marianne Moore, [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante]], and Creator/WBYeats.
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Had a huge influence in the tone and structure of modern poetry, and on the poets surrounding him during his time. In turn, he was influenced by {{TS Creator/{{TS Eliot}}, Marianne Moore, [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante]], and Creator/WBYeats.
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With your crooked heart. ' ''\\''
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->'' 'Oh stand, stand at the window,'\\
As the tears scald and start;\\
You shall love your crooked neighbor\\
With your crooked heart. ' ''\\
-->--"As I Walked Out One Evening"
'''W. H. Auden''' (W.H. being short for [[UnfortunateNames Wystan Hugh]]) was an English/American poet and playwright, 1907 - 1973.
Had a huge influence in the tone and structure of modern poetry, and on the poets surrounding him during his time. In turn, he was influenced by {{TS Eliot}}, Marianne Moore, [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante]], and Creator/WBYeats.
!!Notable Works Include:
* ''Poems'' (1930)
* ''Look, Stranger!'' (1936)
* ''Another Time'' (1940)
* ''The Sea and the Mirror'' (1943)
* ''Nones'' (1952)
* ''Homage to Clio'' (1960)
* ''About the House About the House'' (1965)
* ''City Without Walls'' (1969)
!!Poems of his you might recognize:
* "As I Walked Out One Evening"
* "Musee des Beaux Arts"
* "Funeral Blues"
* "September 1, 1939"
* "In Memory of W.B. Yeats"
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As the tears scald and start;\\
You shall love your crooked neighbor\\
With your crooked heart. ' ''\\
-->--"As I Walked Out One Evening"
'''W. H. Auden''' (W.H. being short for [[UnfortunateNames Wystan Hugh]]) was an English/American poet and playwright, 1907 - 1973.
Had a huge influence in the tone and structure of modern poetry, and on the poets surrounding him during his time. In turn, he was influenced by {{TS Eliot}}, Marianne Moore, [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante]], and Creator/WBYeats.
!!Notable Works Include:
* ''Poems'' (1930)
* ''Look, Stranger!'' (1936)
* ''Another Time'' (1940)
* ''The Sea and the Mirror'' (1943)
* ''Nones'' (1952)
* ''Homage to Clio'' (1960)
* ''About the House About the House'' (1965)
* ''City Without Walls'' (1969)
!!Poems of his you might recognize:
* "As I Walked Out One Evening"
* "Musee des Beaux Arts"
* "Funeral Blues"
* "September 1, 1939"
* "In Memory of W.B. Yeats"
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