Arkaan Ziyad·Jul 24, 2025Gaza, Pengungsi, dan Ironi dalam Puisi AudenSay this city has ten million souls, Some are living in mansions, some are living in holes: Yet there’s no place for us, my dear, yet…
McKenzie Faherty·Oct 7, 2024Sonnet — week 6The sonnet follows an untraditional pattern and has a rhyme scheme following abab cdcd efef gg. In the poem The Useful by W.H. Auden, it…A response icon1A response icon1
Paul Stochaj·Jan 29, 2024The Shield of Achilles and Achilles’ Shield: A Comparison Between Homer’s Iliad and W.H.The Greek minstrel Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad, is one of the most popular works of literature in history, and for good reason. In it, and…
Sarah Greene·Nov 20, 2022For the Time Being: Thoughts on Advent II love Advent. Let me be clear, I love the Christmas season with its holiday cheer, gift wrapping, cookie baking, and tree trimming. I…
Matthew A. MacDonald·Sep 6, 2022W. H. Auden and “The Resiliency of Children”Auden’s poem “The Age of Anxiety” reminds me of “the resiliency of children,” which sounds like an excuse to make kids put up with too…
John Muresianu·Jun 15, 2021Liberal Arts Blog — W.H.Auden: “the Greatest mind of the 20th Century” (Brodsky)Liberal Arts Blog — Tuesday is the Joy of Literature, Language, Religion, and Culture Day
Douglas Crets·Apr 11, 2021Photography Traps Physical Bodies In Time, But What Does Poetry Do?I thought about the purpose of poetry when I was reading W.H. Auden’s Collected Poems this evening.
Naomi Folb·Mar 4, 2021The ClubThe night the Tories got in we were sat in a hot tub in a surf club, and danced to jungle.
