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I am student of English department at MKBU. This is blog of my thinking activity given by our prof.Dilip Barad sir. This we find the comparison of the Auden's poem based on pandemic and ukrain rassia war. Let's start through the question:
# Auden's Poems seems to be written in our times for 2022. Justify this in context of pandemic and Russia Ukraine War.
This question is very interesting to see the present historical movement passed out to all. Let's explain in reference of the Auden's Poems.
First i explain his poem "In Memory of W.B. Yeats" written by W.H.Auden in 1939.this poem based on death of the Irish poets W.B. Yeats in January of the your. As well as being an elegy for the dead poet.
This poem decided in three sections and he give to separate things. And here we find the first section, W.B.Auden discuss the death of W.B. Yeats "in the dead of Winter" we know the history of the Yeats life and he died in January. And January it's time like the winter. A time when the Brooks were all frozen over and snow made it difficult to make out the public statues. Here I remember the selfish gient it a short story and we find the children not come in garden that time garden transfer like winter. But here is a winter is symbolic like death of the poet's and this story present the symbol of death of children happiness. In this poem it was so cold the mercury in the thermometers dropped. As Yeats lay ill & dying. I compare in the winter cold in the pandemic. We know the COVID 19 affects different people in different ways. And common sysptems like fear, cough, tiredness and loss of taste or smell. We know that all sysptems find out in winter time. It's normal. According to Indian Meterological Department In 2020, human deaths due to cold waves were 76 times more than those due to heat waves. I say the winter time is symbolis to death of poet and pendemic also the death of many people.
We find some inequality. And the Auden poem make any thing happen, it is itself a way of happening not something that makes history happen but part of history itself. In present time we know that the Russia and Ukraine war and pendemic both situation make very dengerous and terrible situation for the people. War that time many soldiers died and also Pandemic time so many people died. It became a historical event itself. It happen history but part of history itself.
Another stanza of the poem, Auden describes the day of Yeats death as "a dark Cold day" i connected those words in pandemic and War. It like a dark cold day for everyone. It a very terrible time for people and how to survive two dangerous situation it big questions for everyone. Dark clouds also symbolic like anything happen, and give to sign in bad time. It true many people die in both situation. Here we find the reference of dark clouds also presented the poet's death. According to India Meteorological department as many as 152 deaths were recorded due to cold waves in 2020. Also dark cold symbols of death.
Another poen like 1 September 1939. As is evident by the title of the poem in history. Here find the reference of Hitler. He rise to power in 1933 was part of an era of European history makes by the rise of totalitarian government from Benito Mussolini's Italy to Francisco franco's Spain. Germany moved to fascism and led to rampant militarism and the conquest of surrounding counties like Australia and Czechoslovakia. It is example of rise of fascism. Here we find same situation on rassia and Ukraine. Russia and Ukrainian Thursday, 24 February 2022 became a historical event. Ukraine's elected president Viktor Yanukovych and his supporters, he refused ti sign a political association and free Trade agreement with European union that enjoyed majority support in Ukraine parliament and another part russia government feared that Ukrainian membership of the Ev and NATO would complete a western wall of allied countries and russia access to the Black Sea consequences for economy.
On 24 Feb 2022, Russia begun invading Ukraine, which prompted Ukraine to break diplomatic ties with its eastern neighbour. It is my understanding to connect Auden's Poems in present event like pendemic and Russia and Ukraine War.
# In order to create duality in interpration of the poem September 1, 1939. Auden uses codified language to conceal the underlying theme of the lack of acceptance of homosexuality in society. Do you agree with this observation.
It is very interesting question. We read works of poet or author that time we read also words by words and understand through the meaning but sometime it not ok. You really read those works it not simple meaning but find same hidden message. Here it same thing applyed this poem. First u read this poem we find words meaning but also we connect to poet life that time we find another meaning. Let's try to interpreted Auden's personal or hidden message first need to read the history and background in poets.
I agree to this poem theme of the lack of acceptance of homosexuality in society based on Auden personal life. Let's discuss about poet connection of his desire for the homosexuality.
Morgan Walker study to poem on another side, hidden message. I read this article and i write on my understanding to the poem. Auden was very intelligent student got the scholarship in Oxford in which we was going to study in the natural science. And Auden seemed to have feeling for fellow undergraduate men and these feelings had gone unexpressed. He found this freedom through sexual activity. Major event happen in his life he met a young man named Chester Kallman. Auden and Kallman started a relationship soon after and became friends and lovers untill his death.
The fact the Auden met and fell in love with Kallman in 1939, the same years that he wrote September 1 1939. It give to deep roots in Auden personal feeling about love it like dual interpretation.
Auden find ways to create duality in his work so that he can bring a deep meaning to multiple groups of people. Science Auden has a personal connection with the homosexual community it would make sense he is creating a second meaning behind his work that speaks to homosexuals. By creating a second meaning. To his work homosexuals are able to connect with his poetry and understand it on a deeper level.
1 September in which he uses the historical event of war as a platform to state his own personal philosophy. Aden uses historical references and literary devices such a metaphors to help drive his opinion home about his disgust for what he sees as a dishonest government. In the poem, Auden creates a metaphor of light and dark. It is contrast between the individual who are honest and hopeful for the future against those who are corrupt and dishonest. The intolerance of homosexuality interpretation is the light represent those who are accepting and embrace homosexual lifestyle. And dark is those who are intolerant and look down on homosexuals. In line..
"Waves of anger and fear circulate over the bright and darkness lands of the earth"
Expressing the feelings of fear that are being felt towards the homosexual community. Not openly spoken about not openly accepted by society. Fear represent the feeling that people felt towards the homosexual because being openly gay was new concept not accept the society.
"The light must never go out"
Express the idea that is love is lost, human are doomed. Auden ends his metaphor with the image of an "affirming flame" which in both interpretations use this image to show the strength that auden feels for emotion about the subjects in which he's speaking about. And many more examples we find the feeling of the homosexuality.
Here I wind of my both questions. It is very interesting topic to connect in historical events. And find out some hidden message through the Auden poem.
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