Which of these poets wrote "Funeral Blues"?
"Funeral Blues", or "Stop all the clocks", is a poem by W. H. Auden which first appeared in the 1936 play "The Ascent of F6". Auden substantially rewrote the poem several years later as a cabaret song for the singer Hedli Anderson. Both versions were set to music by the composer Benjamin Britten.
The second version was first published in 1938 and was titled "Funeral Blues" in Auden's 1940 "Another Time". The poem experienced renewed popularity after being read in the film "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994), which also led to increased attention on Auden's other work. It has since been cited as one of the most popular modern poems in the United Kingdom.
Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content.
Some of his best known poems are about love, such as "Funeral Blues"; on political and social themes, such as "September 1, 1939" and "The Shield of Achilles"; on cultural and psychological themes, such as "The Age of Anxiety"; and on religious themes, such as "For the Time Being" and "Horae Canonicae".
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