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W. H. Auden, born in 1908 in York, is considered the greatest Anglo-American poet of the twentieth century. Encyclopedic in scope and technical achievement, his four hundred poems elucidate everything from pop cliche to profound meditation. September 1, 1939, written at the outbreak of World War II and widely circulated after September 11, 2001 ...
W.H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues” is a powerful and emotional poem that captures the essence of grief and loss. The poem is a lament for a loved one who has passed away, and it expresses the speaker’s deep sense of loss and despair. The poem is structured in four stanzas, each with four lines, and the rhyme scheme is ABAB.
If only it were possible for us to see farther than our knowledge reaches, and even a little beyond the outworks of our presentiment, perhaps we would bear our sadnesses with greater trust than we have in our joys. — Rainer Maria Rilke. Reflections.
Introduction. “Funeral Blues”, also known by its opening line, “Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,” is a poignant and profoundly moving poem by the English poet W.H. Auden. Written in 1936, this poem was popularized in modern culture through its memorable recitation in the film “Four Weddings and a Funeral.”.
Auden, W. H.: Begräbnis-Blues (Funeral blues in German) Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. I thought that love would last for ever; I was wrong. For nothing now can ever come to any good. Laßt die Trauernden nun kommen, tragt heraus den Sarg.
Funeral Blues. Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Scribbling on the sky the message 'He is Dead'. Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves, Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong. For nothing now can ever come to any good.
7. März 2013 · This is the recording of W.H Auden's wonderful poem Funeral Blues from the BBC program "The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words." It uses four well...
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