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Analysis and comments on If I Could Tell You by W. H. Auden

Comment 5 of 5, added on May 30th, 2006 at 4:03 PM.

Greatly dissapointed at the removal of this poem. The "copyright excuse" is not going to stop other websites from featuring it (I already found another one!). This is such a beautifully written poem, even if one has to work a little harder to see in to its meaning (one being about time and how only our mistakes can be taught to us through time-no one else can truly tell us our mistakes). I agree that WH Auden would probably be turning in his grave too.

LTZ from United Kingdom
Comment 4 of 5, added on May 5th, 2005 at 11:06 AM.

i was very upset that the poem was removed. no one can really own a poem and im sure it wasnt written for that purpose.

liz from United States
Comment 3 of 5, added on April 13th, 2005 at 6:27 AM.

highly ambiguous in thought and theme. not ornamental, but well decorated in diction.

Shusil kumar Das
Comment 2 of 5, added on March 1st, 2005 at 4:24 AM.

Exactly, and it's not like removing his poems from this site would keep them off the numerous other sites they are featured upon.

Can't a kid do her poetry assignment without running into all these copyright laws?

Yet Another from Australia
Comment 1 of 5, added on December 21st, 2004 at 12:37 PM.

This poem had to be removed at the request of the publishing house who "owns" it, apparently.

I'm sure Auden would lurch in his grave.

How simply delightful that the drive to make money should supercede the sharing of simple words (insert sarcasm here).


K from United States



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Poet: W. H. Auden
Poem: If I Could Tell You
Year: 1940
Added: Feb 20 2003
Viewed: 45822 times
Poem of the Day: Mar 9 2003


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