W. H. Davies

Memories are information that the brain stores throughout people’s lives. The memories of a person is what shapes their lives and leaves an impression on other people’s lives as well. Without these memories, their lives would have been meaningless. In W. H. Auden’s “The Unknown Citizen,” it is evident that memories are important to really knowing a person. In the text, a eulogy is given by a government official for a citizen whose life is unknown. The official goes throughout the eulogy expressing how

financial struggles made their situation worse. They viewed the government as an overbearing, controlling body that needed reform. One poem written in 1939 showcases this opinion through a satirical story of a state official praising a citizen who died. W. H. Auden’s “The Unknown Citizen” criticizes the government for not truly caring about its people. The government commends its citizens only when they do not interfere with the state’s agenda. In this poem, one specific man is what the state considers

Power and powerlessness are prominent themes common in both Emily Dickinson’s and Phillip Larkin’s poems. The idea of whom or what is in control and how power is obtained are explored. Both poets predominantly explore the idea that power primarily belongs to a male figure. However, in Larkin’s ‘Send No Money’ the speaker is portrayed to be powerless against an abstract idea rather than a physical, human being as shown in Dickinson’s ‘754’. This shows how both poets have many similarities in the manner

Comparisons Between the Average and Warren Pryor.  There are quite a few comparisons between ''The Average'' by W.H. Auden and ''Warren Pryor'' by Alden Nowlan. The theme of both poems is, one cannot be happy trying to be someone's expectations. ''Hard and serious / like a young bear inside his teller's cage / ….../ aching with empty strength and throttled range'' (Warren 13-16). '' The pressure on their fond ambition made / shy and country-loving child afraid'' (Auden 5-6). In ''Warren Pryor'' tells

The poems, “Dog’s Death” by John Updike and “Shooting the Horse” by David Shumate, have a similar emotional feeling that are developed by the author. This paper seek to examine stylistic devices used in the poem and the relevance to the theme of the poem. The statement problem is the use of stylistic device and the intention of the author. The death of a pet is considered as the hardest experience in some people. People who mourn for the death of their dog pet suffer alone because they don’t want

You're not going to be young Forever Time waits for no man. As a human race, we understand that the minute we come into this world our clock of life begins to tick. Among all the species on Earth, humans are the only ones that truly understand the passage of time. Due to this understanding, we also understand that our time will eventually run out. How do we know when we have grown old and our time is soon spent? When we are young we picture high school as being older or better yet, old. But truly

Literature has a lengthy history of odds and ends that get categorized by critics as unworthy of widespread study, yet some are the most brilliant statements of their time. W. H. Auden’s book-length poem The Age of Anxiety won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1948. It, along with Allen Ginsberg’s poem Howl, are diamonds that are often disregarded by literary critics and the public as worthless rough. Each piece was a major breakthrough in its time. Auden and Ginsberg both attempted to define the

My Ordeal Thump, thump. I could vividly hear my heart pound through my chest every time the thought entered my mind. My interview for Sole Hope’s vice president would take place during lunch. Evidently, I prepared and thoroughly developed possible responses to questions that might occur during my consultation. However, the other applicants intimidated me and I feared my rudimentary personality would not be efficacious in steering me towards my ambition. Throughout the whole school rotation I dreaded

The United States government is a democracy, a system of elected policymakers and an organized government so that policy is created in favor to the people 's wants and needs. Many like to categorize this system of government off of its characteristics and patterns. Three theories have been grouped into the three contemporary theories of democracy, where the United States fits into each in a different way. Pluralism reflects the use of groups advocating for a single cause, while Hyperpluralism is

George W. Bush’s Presidency To start off there are many different ways this topic came to be, the first one being I thought about the topics that interest me which includes categories such as politics, current events, religion, and war. Then the worst thing that could ever happen to a student happened, my thinking process came to a crashing halt but quite honestly helped me but also did not. That then encouraged me to think about a topic that included those categories which brought to the conclusion