W. H. Auden’s poem "The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue"
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W. H. Auden’s "The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue" is a long, introspective poem that explores modern existential disquiet and spiritual crisis through the conversations of four strangers in a New York bar during World War II.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| W. H. Auden’s poem "The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue" canonical | 2 |
| W. H. Auden's poem "The Age of Anxiety" | 1 |
| poem "The Age of Anxiety" by W. H. Auden | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
eclogue
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long poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| author |
W. H. Auden
NERFINISHED
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Wystan Hugh Auden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter |
Emble
NERFINISHED
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Malin NERFINISHED ⓘ Quant NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosetta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedAs | book-length poem ⓘ |
| form |
baroque eclogue
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eclogue ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist poetry
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philosophical poem ⓘ psychological poem ⓘ |
| influenced | Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenceOn | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Christian existentialism
NERFINISHED
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Modernism ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | conversation among strangers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex verse forms
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philosophical depth ⓘ |
| numberOfMainCharacters | 4 ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorPeriod | Auden’s later work ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | a wartime New York bar ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
New York City
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a bar in New York City ⓘ |
| structure | divided into parts or sections ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
inner lives of four strangers
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post-religious world ⓘ psychological introspection ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation in modern society
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effects of war on the psyche ⓘ modern existential disquiet ⓘ modernity and fragmentation ⓘ religious doubt ⓘ search for identity ⓘ spiritual crisis ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | widespread anxiety in the modern age ⓘ |
| writtenDuring | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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W. H. Auden's poem "The Age of Anxiety"