The third stanza of this poem describes how "dictators" talk "elderly rubbish" "to an apathetic grave."
The third stanza of this poem describes how "dictators" talk "elderly rubbish" "to an apathetic grave." At the end of this poem, the speaker resolves to "Show an affirming flame" after noting that like "the Just," he is composed "Of Eros and of dust." In the second stanza of this poem, the speaker claims he knows "What huge imago made / A psychopathic god" before noting that (*) "Those to whom evil is done / Do evil in return." The speaker asserts that "What mad Nijinsky wrote / About Diaghilev / Is true of the normal heart" and later proclaims "We must love one another or die." As this poem begins, the speaker notes he is "uncertain and afraid" as he "sit[s] in one of the dives / On Fifty-Second street." For 10 points, name this poem by W.H. Auden, whose title refers to the first day of World War II.
The third stanza of this poem describes how "dictators" talk "elderly rubbish" "to an apathetic grave."
"September 1, 1939"