W. H. Davies

stupidity and vices of a specific person or group of people. Satirical works typically involve tools of satire, such as symbolic characters, symbolism, and irony, to simplify the understanding of who this “satirical target” is. In “The Unknown Citizen” by W. H. Auden and James Michie’s “Dooley Is a Traitor,” symbolic characters, symbolism, and irony are all used to indirectly criticize the target of each satirical work. In “The Unknown Citizen,” Auden is criticizing the way average citizens live their

Compare the ways in which Sebastian Faulks and WH Auden present the suffering of the Jews The texts ‘The Last Night’ by Sebastian Faulks and ‘Refugee Blues’ by W.H. Auden are similar in a sense that they both describes the suffering and alienation of the Jews at the time of World War Two. However, they are not identical as ‘The Last Night’ is an extract from Sebastian Faulk’s book describing the suffering of the French Jew 's journey before they were deported to a concentration camp whereas ‘Refugee

Social Irresponsibility: “The World Is Too Much With Us / The Unknown Citizen” This is a critical analysis of two poems – The world is too much with us by William Wordsworth, and The Unknown Citizen by W.H. Auden focusing on how the two poems highlight the mundane drudgery of life. It is a drudgery, and one that people do not even recognize because they are consumed in leading materialistic ways of life, conforming to the state and the society or both. The text proceeds from analyzing each poem

In the three literary works that were chosen, “The Known Citizen” by W. H. Auden, “A & P” by John Updike, and “Antigone” by Sophocles has a theme that is known to be conformity and rebellious. The poem “The Unknown Citizen” is mainly about the unknown man who is a conformist because he listens to all the rules that are made for the society. On the other hand, the short story “A & P” has a conformist character who enforces the rules for the supermarket and a rebellious character who goes against the

‘In Memory of C. Tallis and R. Turner’ In this essay I will discuss the effects of W. H. Auden’s poem ‘In Memory of W. B. Yeats’ upon the tone, and the foreshadowing of plot line of Ian McEwan’s novel Atonement. The poem and the novel are both elegiac- it is the contribution of the poem to Atonement at the crucial point before the deaths of the characters Robbie and Cecilia that begins to set the tone of elegy within the novel. This acknowledgement of death and mourning brings a sense of impending

The poems, "The Wild Swans at Coole" and "The Great Scarf of Birds," unconsciously play off one another. Yeats and Updike paint similar pictures about similar topics. Although these poems consist of similar subjects, the authors' diction and details are at completely different ends of the poetry spectrum. William Butler Yeats' poem "The Wild Swans at Coole" tells of a man who, in the autumn, would visit this pool of water that was a resting place for a flock of swans. He visits them one

To begin my metaphorical self-portrait, I chose to place myself in a movie theatre to illustrate my love for films. Between the old film projector, classic red seats, and glowing string lights hanging from the ceiling, I wanted to create a space that is both warm and inviting, as well as personalized to me. I have loved to go to the theatre ever since I was little, and whether it is making, watching, or talking about films, I have always found myself interested. Even more, I included a Canon Rebel

In this essay, I will be focusing on the two elegies, Mid-term Break and Funeral Blues, and how they make use of numerous literary and poetic techniques to convey the grief reflected from the individuals in the poem. Mid-term Break is written about Seamus Heaney’s younger brother, Christopher, who died in a car accident while Heaney was away at boarding school. He also writes his poems autobiographically, many involving his family relationships. The title signifies the irony of its association with

Chloe McKee English 112- Formal Essay 1 February 28, 2011 Morals, Personality and True Identity Ironic Symbolism is used to define the conflicts within “The Flea” by John Donne and “The Unknown Citizen” by W.H Auden by having a significant object, which is a flea and a monument, which represent a conflict that is portrayed throughout the poem. The flea represents three different arguments that are introduced in each stanza based on sex and the morals behind it. The monument in the “Unknown Citizen”

The main idea in the short story, The Unknown Citizen, is about an overly controlling government that regulates every aspect of a citizen’s lives. Each of the branches of this government declared this unknown man was a hard worker, nice, and served the greater community because he was part of a whole and had lost his individuality. Much as in The Unknown Citizen, society is leaning towards a too strong government. The main ideas of this poem reflect a very real society that is filled with complacent