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Modern Literature (Modern Poetry)  In Praise of Limestone by Famous Modern Poet W.H Auden Summary & Critical Analysis : This poem is very philosophical and was written in May 1948. Auden visited Naples, a coastal city of Mediterranean sea in Italy. For Auden nothing else matters except the limestone. It can dissolve in water but over billions of years when it gets deposited, it hardens. Though the dissolving property remains there, but because it has hardened through ages, so it has rounded shapes and very creamy surface. Also because the water and the limestone keeps on reacting with each other. When the chemical reaction happens between water and limestone, there is a kind of aroma, a kind of fragrance, a good smell that comes from the place. A very subtle but still healing smell comes from the place where there are limestone rocks and water. This poem is a kind of description of a landscape that was actually visited by poet. But as it comes from a modern poet, it is n...

  Modern Poetry by Famous Modern Poets: Musee des Beaux Arts by W.H Auden ( The Museum of Fine Arts)                         Short Summary & Critical Analysis This modern poem is about a Renaissance painting. The translation of Musee des Beaux Arts is The Museum of Fine Arts. Auden visited this museum and he was particularly enchanted by this painting "The Fall of Icarus". It is a Renaissance painting and was painted in 16th century by an Italian Renaissance painter. This painting particularly intrigued Auden and he tried to relate his present society to the idea or message he found in that painting. ·        About suffering…they understood. The word they in the first line is for the Old Masters because he is looking at their painting. These Old Masters are the great painters of the past especially the Renaissance time e.g...

Partition by W.H Auden Short Summary in Points: ·         Sensitive work of partition of sub-continent. ·         Radcliff was given this job. ·         Time was short. ·         Certain pressures. ·         He did not know its people, religion, atmosphere etc. ·         He was not briefed by Lord Mount Batten, no help from him. ·         He was given wrong maps, statistics etc. ·         His poor psychological condition, fear, dysentery etc. ·         Work under tremendous pressure, could not work well. Detailed Summary: The poem ‘Partition'   by WH. Auden deals with the historical event of the partition of sub-continent into India and Pakistan...