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Why is "The Unknown Citizen" described as a mock epitaph?
Compare what a real epitaph contains with what this one contains.
Describe the speaker's tone, and explain how it differs from Auden's attitude.
Separate the voice of the "we" from the poet behind it.
The form of "The Unknown Citizen" is best described as:
It is written for a monument.
Who is the speaker of the poem?
Look at the pronouns used throughout.
Some critics argue that the citizen in Auden's poem is a type rather than a character, and that this weakens the poem. Evaluate this view.
Ask who is describing the citizen, and what a detailed portrait would do to the poem's argument.
Does the poem's humour weaken or strengthen its serious message? Write a balanced evaluative paragraph.
Identify the comic devices, consider the objection, then explain how the laughter changes by the end.
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