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W.H. Auden's 'The Unknown Citizen' is a 32-line poem that follows an unique rhyming scheme: ababaccdeeffdgghhijjikmknnnoo and a closed couplet finishes the poem. The Unknown Citizen Summary
W.H. Auden’s ‘The Unknown Citizen’ is a 32-line poem that follows an unique rhyming scheme: ababaccdeeffdgghhijjikmknnnoo and a closed couplet finishes the poem.
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The poem describes in detail how this oppression is carried out through spying because the state knows every detail about its citizens. The poem mocks and subtly criticises the modern world for giving the state too much power by illustrating how the state oppresses those unfortunate enough to live uRead more
The poem describes in detail how this oppression is carried out through spying because the state knows every detail about its citizens. The poem mocks and subtly criticises the modern world for giving the state too much power by illustrating how the state oppresses those unfortunate enough to live under its authority.
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The central theme of W.H. Auden’s ironic poem “The Unknown Citizen” is that while a man’s life may appear to the us to be fulfilling from their perspective, it is actually so much more than that from the Government’s perspective. Auden frequently used phrases like “his Union report demonstrates” andRead more
The central theme of W.H. Auden’s ironic poem “The Unknown Citizen” is that while a man’s life may appear to the us to be fulfilling from their perspective, it is actually so much more than that from the Government’s perspective. Auden frequently used phrases like “his Union report demonstrates” and “our Social Psychology professionals found” to show how this man’s life was nothing more than a collection of inspections and reports from government employees.
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