Funeral Blues

In the poem ‘Funeral Blues’ by W. H. Auden, a sad and depressing atmosphere is created as the poem tells a story of the man’s grief. The poet’s use of language, word choice and sentence structure makes the mood in this poem suitable for the message it is getting across. In this poem the author’s feelings are expressed along with the use of rhythm and rhyme.
In this poem, the writer uses regular verse and traditional pattern of rhythm and rhyme to give impact to his unexpected imagery of the end of a relationship when he cuts himself off from the rest of the his life because his grief is too much.

- In the first stanza the depressing mood is created straight away by the poet's use of commands, which created the impression that he wanted the whole world to come to a stand still:
"Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone"
These particular commands are demanding silence from everyone as he is requesting silence from everyone as he wants the clocks to stop ticking, the phone to stop ringing, the dog to be quiet and basically every aspect of normal, everyday life to come to a halt. By doing this the author has made it obvious that the...
To describe the incredible pain and isolation of when someone you love leaves you and the way time seems insignificant, the writer starts the poem by reiterating the title, creating emphasis by his use of assonance of the monosyllables: “Stop all the clocks”. Unlike Valentine, this poem incorporates a series of metaphors to describe the writer’s feelings instead of using one extended metaphor; he then continues to describe the suffering he feels and the way everything that used to have a purpose stops by using the atypical metaphor of a dog and a bone. To exemplify the way he feels his life has ended, he then uses metaphors associated with a funeral:
Silence the pianos and with a muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
To show the end of