![]() ![]() From 1947 to 1957 he wintered in New York and summered in Ischia (Italy) from 1958 until the end of his life he wintered in New York (in Oxford in 1972–73) and summered in Kirchstetten, Austria.Ħ Summary: This is in the style of a classical elegy, though it features informal language and objects of everyday life such as a telephone. He taught from 1941 to 1945 in American universities, followed by occasional visiting professorships in the 1950’s. ![]() In 1939 he moved to the United States and became an American citizen in 1946. Auden After a few months in Berlin in 1928–29 he spent five years (1930–35) teaching in English public schools, then travelled to Iceland and China in order to write books about his journeys. He attended English independent (or public) schools and studied English at Christ Church, Oxfordĥ W.H. He was born in York, grew up in and near Birmingham in a professional middle-class family. He is best known for love poems such as "Funeral Blues," poems on political and social themes, poems on cultural and psychological themes and poems on religious themes. ![]() Auden Born 21 February 1907, died 29 September 1973)Īn English poet, who later became an American citizen. The stars are not wanted now put out every one, Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun, Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood For nothing now can ever come to any good. My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong. Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves, Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.ģ He was my North, my South, my East and West, ![]() Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message 'He is Dead'. Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Auden."- Presentation transcript:Ģ Funeral Blues Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, ![]()
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