W. H. Auden notes

Through his two poems, The Unknown Citizen and Musee des Beaux Arts Wystan Hugh Auden explores the human condition through time, expressing ordinary aspects of people’s interactions on a daily basis. The mundane nature of the human existence is clearly presented in Auden’s work using different literary devices. Most of his poetry is means to evoke the fear and terror of human existence in times of great uncertainties. Perhaps in so doing Auden hoped to remind his audience of the true nature ...

Through his two poems, The Unknown Citizen and Musee des Beaux Arts Wystan Hugh Auden explores the human condition through time, expressing ordinary aspects of people’s interactions on a daily basis. The mundane nature of the human existence is clearly presented in Auden’s work using different literary devices. Most of his poetry is means to evoke the fear and terror of human existence in times of great uncertainties. Perhaps in so doing Auden hoped to remind his audience of the true nature ...