The conundrum of Auden’s poetry—the conundrum of how to compare its aims and achievements to those of his contemporaries and … More
Tag: W.H. Auden
155. (Christopher Smart)
Who are the major poets who have not excelled in something that might be called “light verse”? Even Wordsworth, the … More
120. (Robert Graves)
Robert Graves’ poetry riddles as other poets of his era do not, and this because his poems set themselves in … More
88. (Derek Mahon)
Itching dissatisfaction; Mahon is harder to get a hold of than any one poem suggests. The same could be said, … More
26. (W.H. Auden)
The mistake wasn’t in thinking that poetry was a game, but in thinking that the game had to be played … More
Critical Provisions 