Classic and Contemporary Poetry

EPITAPH ON A TYRANT, by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN                Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after
Last Line: When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter %and when he cried the little children die
Alternate Author Name(s): Auden, W. H.
Subject(s): Spanish Civil War (1936-1939); Tyranny And Tyrants; Villains In Literature