An introduction to W H Auden's 'Lullaby' - The British Library.
In both traditional carpe diem poems and Auden’s “Lullaby,” passionate love is primary and necessary. The goal of this poem and of more traditional carpe diem poems is to preserve a fleeting moment.W. H. Auden: Poems Study Guide W. H. Auden is considered one of the finest English or American poets and one of the best poets of the 20th century. He is an exemplar of modernism along with T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, but his later poetry differs vastly from his earlier work; critics often speak of early, middle, and late stages in his career.W. H. Auden Lullaby. Lay your sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm; Time and fevers burn away Individual beauty from Thoughtful children, and the grave Proves the child ephemeral: But in my arms till break of day Let the living creature lie.
W. H. Auden was admired for his unsurpassed technical virtuosity and ability to write poems in nearly every imaginable verse form; his incorporation of popular culture, current events, and vernacular speech in his work; and also for the vast range of his intellect, which drew easily from an extraordinary variety of literatures, art forms.In 1937, a poet by the name of W.H. Auden wrote a poem called “As I Walked Out One Evening” which can be used as a reflection on love and the mercilessness of time. Auden's technical virtuosity and extraordinary ability to write poems in nearly every verse form attributes to his esteem as a writer.
W. H. Auden Lullaby. Lay your sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm; Time and fevers burn away Individual beauty from Thoughtful children, and the grave.
