A Summer Night (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: W. H. Auden
- First Published: 1933
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: World War II, Friendship, Emotions, Violence, Moon or moons, Happiness, Gardens or gardening, Stars, Summer, Night
The Poem
“A Summer Night” is a lyric of ninety-six lines, divided equally into sixteen stanzas (a later version has only twelve). On a June evening, the poet-speaker lies on the lawn, looking at the constellation Vega and aware of the moon beginning to rise. He feels fortunate to be here: a place and time of erotic happiness and fertile friendships. He is an equal lying here each evening with his friends; enchanted, each is called forth, as flowers are drawn by light into fullness of blossom.
These are experiences that will later be recalled when the friends are...
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