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The Unknown Citizen
According to the Bureau of Statistics, the unknown citizen was a model worker who served the greater community well. He was a good worker who never got fired, and he "satisfied his employers"...
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The Unknown Citizen
The fourth line of W. H. Auden's "The Unknown Citizen" is the following: That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a saint. In the context of the poem, this line could be viewed...
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The Unknown Citizen
In this poem, the unknown citizen is also unnamed. This illustrates the state's perspective of its citizens. To the state, such a citizen is no more than a collection of statistics. This unknown...
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The Unknown Citizen
In his poem, "The Unknown Citizen," Auden set forth an inscription upon a monument dedicated to this unknown man, much as we dedicate a monument to an unknown soldier. The poem describes the man...
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The Unknown Citizen
This poem is told from the point of view of state bureaucracies that consider people as numbers or statistics rather than unique individuals. This particular person is unknown because he is a...
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The Unknown Citizen
"The Unknown Citizen" by W.H. Auden is a very familiar satirical poem based on the irony that even though he is extremely well identified, his true innermost needs and desires are unknown. The...
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The Unknown Citizen
If you are referring to The Unknown Citizen by W.H. Auden, the state identifies the unknown citizen by the state-allocated letters and numbers, JS/07 M 378, on his marble monument. Interestingly,...
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The Unknown Citizen
W.H. Auden's poem, The Unknown Citizen, begins with an interesting epigraph: To JS/07 M 378This Marble MonumentIs Erected by the State) The meaning of the alphanumeric inscription on the marble...
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The Unknown Citizen
In "The Unknown Citizen," we know there is state, because we are told that the monument is was erected by the State before the poem begins. But as we read the poem, we see that the State and this...
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The Unknown Citizen
W.H. Auden gives us many basic facts about "The Unknown Citizen." We know, for instance that no complaints had ever been filed about him, indicating that he did not do anything to hurt anyone else...
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The Unknown Citizen
Auden was remarking on the utter inane bureaucracy of modern semi-socialist societies. The unknown citizen, so ordinary in every way, should deserve an honored spot in the epitome of social...
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The Unknown Citizen
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "satire" as: a way of using humor to show that someone or something is foolish, weak, bad, etc. : humor that shows the weaknesses or bad qualities of a...
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The Unknown Citizen
As you read the poem you are immediately struck by the unusual nature of the discussion of one who has died. A couple of definitions will help to answer the question at hand. "Eulogy" - A speech or...
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The Unknown Citizen
With a satiric tone, Auden employs verbal irony in his poem. The title itself is ironic: Alluding to the Unknown Soldier--any of those soldiers killed in World War I who were unidentifiable--that...
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The Unknown Citizen
If you use proper grammar, you Capitalize Proper Nouns. The corner is a place, it doesn't need to be capitalized, but Mount Rushmore is a place, and it does need to be Capitalized because Mount...
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The Unknown Citizen
This poem is rich in irony. It is a criticism of modern society which leaches personality and individuality from a person and makes him just a faceless (unknown) cog in the machine. The tone varies...
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The Unknown Citizen
W. H. Auden's poem is a caustic satire against modern society's methods that categorize and catalogue its citizens. In a parody of the "Unknown Soldier," the unknown citizen, JS/07/M/378, is...
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The Unknown Citizen
W. H. Auden answers the question: “Who is the unknown citizen?” Where is the statue dedicated to this character described as “The Unknown Citizen”? The poem was written in 1940 after...
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The Unknown Citizen
"The Unknown Citizen," a poem by W. H. Auden, deals significantly with issues of freedom. For example, the citizen is valued mainly because he serves the community, not because he freely pursues...
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The Unknown Citizen
The title of W. H. Auden's poem, "The Unknown Citizen" matches in satire the theme of his verse. Like the monuments erected after the World Wars that were perfunctorily dedicated by politicos to...
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The Unknown Citizen
W.H. Auden’s title “The Unknown Citizen” is ironic because, in fact, much is known about the supposedly “unknown” citizen. Like the unknown soldier whose body has been destroyed—the...
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The Unknown Citizen
The epitaph of W.H. Auden's "The Unknown Citizen" reads (To JS/07/M/378 This Marble Monument is Erected by the State) First of all, we know that this line is part of the poem because it rhymes...
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The Unknown Citizen
W. H. Auden, an English author, wrote this poem while living in the United States. “The Unknown Citizen” is a satirical poem based on the very serious military unknown soldier which is a...
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The Unknown Citizen
I think that Auden holds a variety of attitudes in his poem. Yet, I think that he feels a particular sadness of the state of affairs that envelop the modern body politic, "the unknown citizen."...
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The Unknown Citizen
The monument being erected for the Unknown Citizen is probably similar to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and other monuments praising those who have fallen and died in the line of duty. It should...
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The Unknown Citizen
Both Hardy's and Auden's poems concern themselves with an ironic observation about life and the power of each individual. With the subject of "The Man He Killed" being the death of an unknown...
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The Unknown Citizen
W. H. Auden's poem "The Unknown Citizen" is in brief a memorial to a symbolic, but unknown citizen who is being praised for his excellent consumerism and expertise in acquiring goods along with...
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The Unknown Citizen
The politicians of every nation express their respect and honor perfunctorily to the memories of the martyrs who had laid down their lives in safeguarding the country by building an impressive...
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The Unknown Citizen
In my opinion, the last two lines of the poem serve to point out quite explicitly the theme of the poem. I believe that this is a poem about how the modern world has served to dehumanize people....
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The Unknown Citizen
This is a difficult question, because Socialist Realism really only applies to a select group of Soviet artists in the early 20th century. There are 4 elements to Socialist Realism: 1....
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The Unknown Citizen
To be honest, I see elements of Socialist Realism as well as what we might call Capitalist Realism. In fact, I see more of a challenge to Socialism than a satirical poem in support of socialism....
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The Unknown Citizen
The main idea I suppose is that non-commital people deserve the insignificance of their lives. That is to say that people who "don't want to get involved" in life do just that - they stay on the...
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The Unknown Citizen
Wounded Knee is a symbolic moment in the relationship between Native Americans and White Settlers. In 1890, the forced relocation of Native Americans had become governmental policy. The United...
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The Unknown Citizen
"Unknown Citizen" is a satiric poem. In this poem ,the poet wants to describe about the austerity of society. People are not paying attention due to his money-making and his luxuries life. Acitizen...
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The Unknown Citizen
He has respect for the unknown citizen
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The Unknown Citizen
The poem itself is pretty direct; the increase in technology in the world, and the ability of government to be able to "track" a man's life based on that data gathered from that technology, is all...
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The Unknown Citizen
Auden is communicating the connections between the "alienation" of modern life and the loss of "personal identity" which has been brought on by modern technology. The title,...
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The Unknown Citizen
Auden is being very ironic in this poem. Although it appears to be a glowing tribute of this person whose name is never mentioned, it is actually just the opposite. If he were such a...
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The Unknown Citizen
The citizen's accomplishments are his conformity in society. He felt what he should feel, he bought what he should buy, and he married and had the right number of children. According to the state,...
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The Unknown Citizen
This has to do with the fact that the soldier was a person serving his country. His deeds are what will be remembered, not his name. When one joins the military, one agrees to serve one's...
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The Unknown Citizen
Auden titles the poem "The Unknown Citizen," yet the subtitle clearly identifies a man identified by combination of letters and numbers. The incredible amount of statistical information...
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The Unknown Citizen
Only you can describe your reading process because only you can decide how you're reading. As for a summary, you can find a very good one at the link pasted below. This article includes not only a...
