A character in this poem notes "The Laurentian Landshield was ruthlessly gerrymandered, /
A character in this poem notes "The Laurentian Landshield was ruthlessly gerrymandered, / And there was a terrible tussle over the Tethys Ocean". The lines "creation lay in pain and earnest, once more reprieved from self-destruction, its adoption, as usual postponed" conclude this poem, which contains a "dirge" section whose speakers dream of "some Gilgamesh or Napoleon, some Solon or Sherlock Holmes" who can rescue them from "their egregious destructive blunders." This poem's first part ends by describing Captain Kidd, who in his "Quiz Programme HOW ALERT ARE YOU" announces themes of "HOMO ABYSSUS OCCIDENTALIS" or "SEVEN SELFISH SUPPERLESS" periods. Dedicated to John Betjeman, this poem opens at a bar in New York City and is subtitled "A Baroque Epilogue." Quant, Malin, Rosetta and Emble are the speakers of, for 10 points, what long poem by W. H. Auden named for the uncertain, industrialized world?
A character in this poem notes "The Laurentian Landshield was ruthlessly gerrymandered, /
"The Age of Anxiety"