https://padlet.com/savannahmartins/vp8iijhyrzlq Post themes. en-us 2017-03-15 06:44:14 UTC 2017-04-10 14:19:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/savannahmartins/vp8iijhyrzlq/wish/165674837 In "The Unknown Citizen", W. H. Auden uses a variety of sentences to contribute to the development of the poem. Although Auden tends to write sentences in the traditional sense; throughout the poem Auden uses many types of sentences such as: sentence fragments, complex sentences and rhetorical questions. As Auden introduces the man as "he" in many sentences, it serves a purpose in telling how average the man is. Auden structures most of the traditional sentences the same way, "He was found", "He worked in a factory", and "He was fully sensible" all contribute to the poems makeup, portraying the mans average mediocrity.]]> 2017-04-10 14:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/savannahmartins/vp8iijhyrzlq/wish/165674837 https://padlet.com/savannahmartins/vp8iijhyrzlq/wish/165675810 Auden uses detail to convey the obituary of an unknown citizen. Based on the citizen's family, job, and hobbies, he is perceived to be a kind, law-abiding citizen. He is a typical person of the 1930's. The citizen had "everything necessary to the Modern Man" (Auden 19). The audience can infer the citizen is an average middle class person. He had five children which would be considered "the right number for a parent of his generation" (Auden 26-27). Once again, this citizen is the cookie cutter person of his time because Auden uses vast amounts of details in his poem, the overall meaning can be evolved.]]> 2017-04-10 14:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/savannahmartins/vp8iijhyrzlq/wish/165675810 jrhenderson1 https://padlet.com/savannahmartins/vp8iijhyrzlq/wish/165676431 In Auden's poem "The Unknown Citizen", the use of imagery paints the life of an average man. In 1939 when the poem was written, the unknown citizen "worked in a factory and never got fired" just like any other man (7-8). Auden never gives an example of any outstanding achievements of the citizen; he is left somewhat insignificant. He was a country man; "when there was peace, he was for peace; when there was war, he went" (23-25). 
During this time period, going to war was an understood duty and was not highly praised. The mention of peace paints a picture of happiness and tranquility; inversely, the mention of war only brings forth images of destruction and mayhem. Although the author describes the citizen as a "cookie-cutter" man, we as the readers may never truly know what the citizen felt inside. ]]> 2017-04-10 14:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/savannahmartins/vp8iijhyrzlq/wish/165676431 https://padlet.com/savannahmartins/vp8iijhyrzlq/wish/165676604 In "The Unknown Citizen" Auden reveals the citizen's perfect life through his belongings and war efforts. The words used in the text are outdated when talking about what the citizen owns, "had everything necessary to the Modern Man, a phonograph, a radio, a car and a frigidaire," (20-21). Auden is making fun of America. Through the use of words including "our Eugenist," Auden shows his belief that all Americans are the same and do not speak/act for themselves. In 1939 it was expected of all American men to go to war during war, "when there was peace, he was for peace" when there was war, he went," (24-25). Americans followed the current trends so that each could fit in. ]]> 2017-04-10 14:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/savannahmartins/vp8iijhyrzlq/wish/165676604 https://padlet.com/savannahmartins/vp8iijhyrzlq/wish/165677667 The poem "The Unknown Citizen" portrays the diction in past tense. The author wrote the poem in past verb tense because the unknown citizen is dead. In line five, "For in everything he did he served the Greater community" is an excellent example of past verb tense. The verb "he did" and "he served" are past tense diction serving a purpose that the unknown citizen is dead.]]> 2017-04-10 14:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/savannahmartins/vp8iijhyrzlq/wish/165677667