W H Auden's Poetry
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Wystan Hugh Auden was born in York (England) on 21 February 1907 and died on 29 September 1973. He was a British-American poet, playwright and essayist. He was prolific writer and wrote poems in almost every verse form.
Wystan Hugh Auden was influenced by Old English verse and the poems of Thomas Hardy, Robert Frost, William Blake and Emily Dickinson. Auden performed a number of charitable acts; one significant one was marrying Erika Mann, daughter of German novelist Thomas Mann, in 1935. This provided Mann with a British passport to escape the Nazis. The nuptial did not last. He taught in British public (private) schools for five years: 1930–35. He then decided to travel to Iceland and China. He wrote about these journeys. Following this, he moved to the United States in 1939. In 1946 he became an American citizen, whilst retaining his British citizenship. From 1941 to 1945 he taught in American universities. After Auden’s death, his poetry gained more popularity. |
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W H Auden - 'In Memory of W B Yeats' - Annotation
Annotation prompts for W H Auden's 'In Memory of W B Yeats'. 'In Memory of W B Yeats' is an elegy - it commemorates the life and work of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats. The annotation prompts are a supportive tool, intended to encourage further analysis and interpretation. |
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W H Auden - 'O lurcher loving collier, black as night' - Annotation
Annotation prompts for W H Auden's 'O lurcher-loving collier, black as night'. 'O lurcher-loving collier, black as night' is a poem that describes a collier (a coal miner or person who carries or sells coal). The annotation prompts are a supportive tool, intended to encourage further analysis and interpretation. |
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