James Dickey was an American poet born on the twenty third of February, 1923 (James (Lafayette)). As a child, Dickey was interested in sports. As he grew up, it is thought that his father’s reading of Ingersoll speeches influenced him. This was evident in his skills as a college lecturer and as a reader of his own poetry. He eventually became known …show more content…
H. Auden tells of a speaker mourning the death of someone that he or she had a deep love for (“Funeral Blues”). The speaker begins the speech by demanding everybody to “Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone”(1). The speaker even demands for dogs to be silenced and kept from making noises with a large bone (Auden). This demand for silence shows that the speaker is extremely intolerant of any noises, and does not feel playful (“Funeral Blues”). On top of this, the speaker wishes for aeroplanes to announce to everybody that the loved one is dead through skywriting. Once these terms have been demanded, the speaker shares details regarding the relationship between them and the dead person. According to the speaker, the dead person was the speaker’s North, South, East, and West (Auden). This detail suggests that the dead person likely gave the speaker direction and constancy (“Funeral Blues”). The speaker then goes on to say that the dead person was their working week, Sunday rest, noon, midnight, talk, and song (Auden). These details give the impression that the dead person gave the speaker’s life meaning. Additionally, the speaker even reveals that he or she expressed his or herself based on the speaker’s influence on his or her life (“Funeral Blues). The last detail regarding the relationship between the speaker and the dead person is that the speaker “thought that love would last forever; I was wrong” (Auden, 12). From this, the speaker reveals that he or she was wrong in thinking that the love between the two would last forever. The details that the speaker shares regarding the relationship shows that he or she loved the dead person with all of his or her life. After the speaker shares the details regarding the relationship between him/herself and the dead person, they resume mourning. The speaker resumes by commenting that “The stars are not wanted now: put out every one” (Auden, 14). Additionally, the speaker wants the moon to disappear