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The poem that I am going to talk about is the Unknown Citizen by W.H Auden.
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The poem that I am going to talk about is the Unknown Citizen by W.H Auden. I am going to talk about what I first glimpse in the poem but then after further study what you actually see. At the start of the poem under the title it has a serial number, also it shows that he is getting a monument erected in honour of him. This already gives you an expectation of him. An expectation that he has done something great in his life. When you look at the serial code at first you think that it is a military code or something, you expect a tribute to be personal, not to have a serial number but to have the persons name. At the start of the poem it talks about "One against there was no official complaint", You take this to be a good thing at first but then...
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