APFIVE Yeats and Auden on Time and Impermanence
What strategic choices do W.B Yeats make in “Funeral Blues” by W.H Auden reveal about each poet’s view of time and impermanence?
A
While Yeats sees time as a cyclical loop, Auden perceives it as a straight linear progression toward finality.
B
Both poets illustrate time as a constant and steady march unaffected by individual experiences.
C
Yeats cycles historical events to convey a sense of inevitability, while Auden focuses on singular personal loss to emphasize fleeting moments.
D
Time is presented as stasis and a pause for perpetual mourning according to both Yeats and Auden’s respective workings.
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