Karen Cote English 102 15 February 2011 W. H Auden: The Unknown Citizen The marble monument erected by the state or town is usually of a hometown hero. The person is almost always someone who did well for the country and originated from a certain town. The statue is almost never of someone who is just an ordinary man living life just like everyone else around him. This man is the model citizen; one who never causes a stir‚ goes to war when asked‚ and does everything to serve the common good
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Auden’s ‘Refugee Blues’ laments the plight of the Jews who were forced to flee Europe when the Holocaust started and they were rounded up and killed or imprisoned under the cruel regime of Hitler. The poem starts with a narrator‚ who is later revealed to be a German Jew‚ describing a large city which is home to ten million people some of whom are well off and live in luxurious large houses while others make do in slums and shabby houses. Yet‚ the narrator tells the person with him‚ presumably a
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reader to fully understand the message of the poem‚ they should take time and research the underlying messages. Auden uses these allusions to create this idea of underlying information to help the reader to see that that is what he believes the people of the time should have done‚ rather than just doing and believing what their government was saying to them in a time of war. It seems that Auden believed that if the public were to delve deeper into the horrific situation of World War II‚ then there would
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Hypocrites run society. Society puts both men and women under pressure to fit the image of perfection‚ yet when a person does achieve this so called perfection‚ others ridicule them for succumbing to peer pressure. In “The Unknown Citizen” by W. H. Auden‚ the speaker‚ a government bureaucrat‚ also takes on this two-faced attitude towards a man identified as the unknown citizen. At first glance‚ this poem seems like the well-deserved tribute to a man who lived the perfect life‚ but after a more detailed
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Alek Haugen Advanced Placement English 12 Dr. Werner 05 March 2012 The Unknown Citizen By W. H. Auden Several conflicts are dramatized in The Unknown Citizen‚ the most prominent being: conformity of the middle class‚ government manipulation‚ and the loss of individualism to the standards of an average citizen. The speaker of this poem is non-traditional as the poem is‚ in fact‚ an inscription on a “marble monument erected by the State.” The inscription is dedicated to a “JS/07 M 378”—presumably
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Since the poem was publish during the late 1930‚ Auden must have wrote his poem near the end of the great depression. Auden observe a time of great famine and misery. Auden saw the whole world was affected by the great depression and many people were unable to feed themselves or their families. Some suffered more than others during the great depression. The wealthy
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Within every Native American tribe there is a variety of musical styles and instruments. In response to the research that I have conducted‚ there are three main musical styles that are going to be my point of focus. The Sioux Grass Dance‚ the Zuni Lullaby‚ and the Iroquois Quiver Dance are the principal methods which contribute to Native American music. The Sioux Grass Dance is considered to be the most popular style of Native American Music. As one dances to this music‚ they follow a pattern
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once stated‚ “Your life is a result of the choices you make.” This saying relates back to my feelings that the human experience is governed by choice. Reading about Kino in “The Pearl” becoming greedy. The poem “Hotrodders” about taking risks and “Lullaby for 17” choosing not to listen to someone who is older and wiser. Reading these texts have made me believe life is based on the choices you make. Kino chose to make bad choices and it ended up hurting him in the future. Kino‚ in “The Pearl‚”
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young mother and her baby boy‚ and how they both grow together. A mother’s unconditional love‚ understanding‚ belief and forever presence in a child’s life; is it her heart‚ job or her gender. Every night the young woman would sing the following lullaby: I’ll love you forever‚ I’ll like you for always‚ As long as I’m living‚ my baby you’ll be. The baby went through all the stages of childhood from toddler‚ to teenager‚
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to in the singular‚ as "the question‚" as if being free and being happy were the same thing. "The Unknown Citizen" uses the old-fashion style‚ eventhough it is written in modern era. The writer‚ Auden‚ is known as a master of of the rhyming couplet (AA‚ BB)‚ the simplest rhyme scheme in English. Auden is considered a "modernist" writer‚ but his work is unlike that of any other poet of the past century. The Unknown Citizen deserves a central place in our nation’s capital‚ considering all his huge
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