Homage to Clio

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Homage to Clio is a poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects his mature style, blending historical reflection, moral inquiry, and formal experimentation.

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Homage to Clio canonical 2
Homage to Clio (poem) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
alludesTo Clio ⓘ
author W. H. Auden ⓘ
containsPoem Dichtung und Wahrheit ⓘ
Homage to Clio (poem) ⓘ
linked to: Homage to Clio

The History of Truth ⓘ
The Maker ⓘ
The More Loving One ⓘ
The Shield of Achilles (reprinted) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo Clio ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
hasCriticalReception regarded as an important work of Auden's later period ⓘ
hasISBN 9780571097123 ⓘ
hasPart longer meditative poems ⓘ
occasional poems ⓘ
shorter lyrics ⓘ
inGreekMythologyReferenced Clio, the Muse of history ⓘ
linked to: Clio
language English ⓘ
literaryForm lyric poetry ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement late modernism ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor blend of historical reflection and moral inquiry ⓘ
integration of classical and contemporary references ⓘ
technical virtuosity ⓘ
partOfAuthorPeriod Auden's later poetry ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publicationYear 1960 ⓘ
publisher Faber and Faber ⓘ
reflectsPhaseOfCareer mature style of W. H. Auden ⓘ
styleCharacteristic allusive language ⓘ
formal experimentation ⓘ
intellectual complexity ⓘ
ironic tone ⓘ
metrical variety ⓘ
use of free verse ⓘ
use of traditional verse forms ⓘ
theme history ⓘ
individual and society ⓘ
memory ⓘ
moral inquiry ⓘ
politics ⓘ
time ⓘ
war ⓘ

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W. H. Auden → notableWork → Homage to Clio ⓘ
Homage to Clio → containsPoem → Homage to Clio (poem) ⓘ
linked to: Homage to Clio
About the House → precededBy → Homage to Clio ⓘ