W.H. Auden, “the poet for our times,” a man who’s weary face seemed to hold all the trials of the 20th century, as indeed much of his poetry did - war, death, loss, “the age of anxiety,” love, and grief. Perhaps you remember his poem “Funeral Blues” from Four Weddings and a Funeral or maybe you analyzed “The Shield of Achilles” in your Lit in History II…
