Selected Poems

Selected Poems

by W. H. Auden
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Unlike Whitman, Dickinson, or Wordsworth, Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821–1873) never wanted to start a revolution in poetry.

Nor did he—like Longfellow or his friend Tennyson—capture or ever try to represent the spirit of his age.

Yet he remains one.

First published
2010
Publishers
Faber & Faber· Limited
Subjects
Poetry

W. H. Auden

About W. H. Auden

Wystan Hugh Auden (February 21, 1907 – September 29, 1973) was an English-American poet, often cited as one of the most influential English-speaking writers of the XX century. He was born in York and grew up in Birmingham. In 1939, W. H. Auden emigrated to the United States; he acquired US citizenship in 1946....

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