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Analysis and comments on Voltaire At Ferney by W. H. Auden

Comment 2 of 2, added on October 7th, 2005 at 8:19 AM.

i like it!

agata from Poland
Comment 1 of 2, added on May 9th, 2005 at 8:26 AM.

This poem is about Auden's desire to correct the ills of society. "The night was full of worng." Voltaire is symbolic of Auden's attitue that action must be taken or else complacency will ruin society.

Alaina from United States



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Poet: W. H. Auden
Poem: Voltaire At Ferney
Added: Feb 20 2003
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