Jenkins cleverly suggests that the notably Germanic quality of Auden’s early poems—with their interest in Old English poetry and their glimpses of ... Auden cut from “Night Mail” (1935), his famous ...

Elsie turned out to be a weary person & the house filled the author with distaste until she found out it was the house of a famous modern poet; then the house took on a fresh appearance.

We may earn a commission from your purchases. As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well.