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Analysis and comments on Partition by W. H. Auden

Comment 2 of 2, added on March 9th, 2006 at 11:11 PM.

THE POEM IS A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF INDIA'S PARTITION.NOT ONLY THE ROLE OF RADCLIFFE HAS BEEN EMPHASISED,BUT AUDEN ALSO PUTS FLOOD OF LIGHT ON HIS INNER TURMOIL .THE POEM IS MARKED BY THE LUCIDITY AND FELICITY OF DICTION.IT BRINGS A PANAROMIC PICTURE OF AUGUST,1947 IN THE INWARD EYE OF THE READER.
----NAKUL KUNDRA
B.A(HONS. SCHOOL IN ENG.)3RD YR.
DOABA COLLEGE, JALANDHAR CITY

NAKUL KUNDRA from India
Comment 1 of 2, added on August 24th, 2005 at 2:06 AM.

i have to read this first


Meenaxi Shinde from India



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Poet: W. H. Auden
Poem: Partition
Added: May 25 2005
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