Classic to Modern English Literature

Short questions and answers on "September 1, 1939" by W.H. Auden .  Introduction: "September 1, 1939" is a poemy W. H. Auden written shortly after the German invasion of Poland, which would mark the start of World War II. It was first published in America Magazine, The New Republic issue of 18 October 1939, and in book form in Auden's collection "Another Time." (1940) It is one of Auden's most well-known poems, and widely considered one of the greatest poems of the 20th century; ironically, however, the poet himself grew to despise it. Despite his disavowal of the poem, "September 1, 1939" remains a text to which people turn in times of crisis, including, famously, in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Martin Luther, the 15th-century leader of the Protestant Reformation, before connecting it to another individual, a “psychopathic” man born in “Linz”—Adolf Hitler. More Information: Auden wrote the poem in the first days of World War II w