“The Shield of Achilles” is one of W. H. Auden best-known poems and appears in his collection of the same name. The poem reimagines a scene from the ancient Greek epic The Iliad in which the goddess Thetis watches Hephaestos (god of blacksmiths and metalworking, among other things) craft armor for her son, Achilles (of Trojan War fame). Thetis expects Hephaestos to forge a beautiful . · W.H. Auden reads his comment on totalitarian society, published and written in I hope you enjoy the video, and please feel free to leave a comment. I d. The Shield of Achilles W. H. Auden She looked over his shoulder For vines and olive trees, Marble well-governed cities And ships upon untamed seas, But there on the shining metal His hands had put instead An artificial wilderness And a sky like lead.
The Shield of Achilles by WH Auden. She looked over his shoulder For vines and olive trees, Marble well-governed cities And ships upon untamed seas, But there on the shining metal His hands had put instead An artificial wilderness And a sky like lead. A plain without a feature, bare and brown. The Shield of Achilles is a poem by W. H. Auden first published in , and the title work of a collection of poems by Auden, published in It is Auden's response to the detailed description, or ekphrasis, of the shield borne by the hero Achilles in Homer's epic poem the Iliad. W.H. Auden reads his comment on totalitarian society, published and written in I hope you enjoy the video, and please feel free to leave a comment. I d.
In W. H. Auden’s poem "The Shield of Achilles," the poet contrasts the making of Achilles’s shield during the Trojan War with prophetic visions of the breakdown of contemporary postwar society. One poor child wanders about alone, throwing a stone at a bird that flies away to escape. To him rape and murder seem normal. The child has never heard of a place with kept promises or even human sympathy. Hephaestos limps away, revealing the whole shield to Thetis, who cries out in horror at its imagery. The Shield of Achilles. W. H. Auden - She looked over his shoulder. For vines and olive trees, Marble well-governed cities. And ships upon untamed seas, But there on the shining metal. His hands had put instead. An artificial wilderness.
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