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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHO'S WHO, by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A shilling life will give you all the facts Alternate Author Name(s): Auden, W. H. Subject(s): Modern Man | |||
A shilling life will give you all the facts; How Father beat him, how he ran away, What were the struggles of his youth, what acts Made him the greatest figure of his day: Of how he fought, fished, hunted, worked all night, Though giddy, climbed new mountains; named a sea : Some of the last researchers even write Love made him weep his pints like you and me. With all his honours on, he sighed for one Who, say astonished critics, lived at home; Did little jobs about the house with skill And nothing else; could whistle; would sit still Or potter round the garden; answered some Of his long marvellous letters but kept none. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARICK STREET by ELIZABETH BISHOP WASP SEX MYTH (TWO) by ANSELM HOLLO DANCING WITH WOLVES by PRIMUS ST. JOHN PRAYER, OR NOSTALGIA FOR HEAVEN by DENISE DUHAMEL THE UNKNOWN CITIZEN by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT LOST PARENTS by LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI |
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