Poem 1
Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden
commanding tones
no further communication is desired → does no
when someone dies all clocks in house are stopped
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, → signalled the end of time for the deceased
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone. → speaker does not feel playful an
→ wants the world to acknowledge the dea
not even piano music is appreciated → Silence the pianos and with muffled drum, → only wants to hear the sombre beat of th
Bring out the coffin. Let the mourners come. → speaker wants to focus of deceased fo
µ onomatopoeia: sound of engines → makes it appear as the aeroplane is in mo
Let the aeroplanes circle moaning overhead T hecapital "H" emphasis es th
Therefore, the poet wants the
person, simply says "He". He a
Scribbling in the sky the message: "He is Dead!"
scribble-quick → wants the aeroplanes to
→ capitalised: emphasizing the f
announce the death to the world as quickly as
possible
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves
→ wants a pub
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
→ traffic police wear white g
Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden
commanding tones
no further communication is desired → does no
when someone dies all clocks in house are stopped
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, → signalled the end of time for the deceased
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone. → speaker does not feel playful an
→ wants the world to acknowledge the dea
not even piano music is appreciated → Silence the pianos and with muffled drum, → only wants to hear the sombre beat of th
Bring out the coffin. Let the mourners come. → speaker wants to focus of deceased fo
µ onomatopoeia: sound of engines → makes it appear as the aeroplane is in mo
Let the aeroplanes circle moaning overhead T hecapital "H" emphasis es th
Therefore, the poet wants the
person, simply says "He". He a
Scribbling in the sky the message: "He is Dead!"
scribble-quick → wants the aeroplanes to
→ capitalised: emphasizing the f
announce the death to the world as quickly as
possible
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves
→ wants a pub
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
→ traffic police wear white g
