One of this poem's stanzas singles out the "habit-forming pain, Mismanagement and grief,"saying "we must suffer them all again." It also suggests that "Thucydides knew all that a speech cansay about democracy." In its second stanza, this poem's speaker notes that "I and the public knowwhat all schoolchildren learn;" namely, that "those to whom evil is done (*) do evil in return." Thespeaker of this poem mentions "what mad Nijinsky wrote about Diaghilev" and declares that "we must loveone another or die." This poem opens "in one of the dives on 52nd street" and envision
One of this poem's stanzas singles out the "habit-forming pain, Mismanagement and grief,"saying "we must suffer them all again." It also suggests that "Thucydides knew all that a speech cansay about democracy." In its second stanza, this poem's speaker notes that "I and the public knowwhat all schoolchildren learn;" namely, that "those to whom evil is done (*) do evil in return." Thespeaker of this poem mentions "what mad Nijinsky wrote about Diaghilev" and declares that "we must loveone another or die." This poem opens "in one of the dives on 52nd street" and envisions "waves of angerand fear" stemming from "what occurred at Linz," a reference to Hitler's birth. For 10 points, name thisW.H. Auden poem about the day that World War II began.
One of this poem's stanzas singles out the "habit-forming pain, Mismanagement and grief,"saying "we must suffer them all again.
"September 1, 1939"