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How does the poet approach the views in his poems, and which do you find the most relevant to today?
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How does the poet approach the views in his poems, and which do you find the most relevant to today? Auden approaches many views in his poetry. There are however around five main underlying views that Auden approaches in almost all of his poems. There is the constant view that humans have been de-humanised and reduced to numbers. Suffering and its place in the world is constantly looked upon, reminding us of the time when Auden was writing. The Spanish civil war, the rise of both communism and fascism and the Second World War would have influenced greatly Auden's views in his poems. There is also the view that war has turned into a cycle, with yet more wars starting as others stop. Auden seems particularly worried of the moral attitude people have to the 20th century. People seem to be more interested in destroying the world and its inhabitants...
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