Category: Funeral Blues

Funeral Blues’: The Portrayal of Loss and Love in One-sex Relationship I have chosen to analyse the poem Funeral Blues by Wystan Hugh Auden. He was a homosexual and wrote it for his boyfriend Christopher Isherwood that died from prostate cancer. The two of them met during their studies and had a very intense relationship.…

Funeral Blues’: The Theme of Loving a Beloved One ‘Funeral Blues was written in the 1900s by an author named W.H Auden. It is a popular poem, and was included in the British movie Four Weddings and a Funeral, in which it is read at a funeral. The poem is about losing a loved one.…

Funeral Blues’: a Literary Review of The Poem W.H. Auden wrote Funeral Blues the poem. Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) was born in York, England, and later became and American citizen. Auden was the founder for a generation of English poets, such as C. Day Lewis, and Stephen Spender. Auden s earlier works were composed of…