"Who's Who" by W.H. Auden
This poem shows great diversity because I saw it as a poem that describes both the times of good and bad in this man's life. I also liked how this poem went along with the key terms we have been talking about in class. The first grouping of lines is an octave and the last is a sestet. I felt like this poem was describing how even the most successful and well looked upon people have their downsides. I enjoyed how Auden expressed that things go unseen, and showed how this man had a cover that didn't reveal his true pages. He showed this very well when he said, "How Father beat him, how he ran away, / What were the struggles of his youth, what acts / Made him the greatest figure of his day:" (Lines 2-4). I also found the rhyme scheme to be quite interesting as the first octave went A-B-A-B-C-D-C-D, and the last sestet went A-B-C-C-D-D.
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