Spain 1937

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"Spain 1937" is a poem by W. H. Auden reflecting on the Spanish Civil War and the moral and political responsibilities of individuals in times of conflict.

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Spain 1937 canonical 1

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instanceOf poem ⓘ
addressesConcept ethical responsibility ⓘ
historical determinism ⓘ
martyrdom ⓘ
personal choice ⓘ
political violence ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
solidarity ⓘ
utopian future ⓘ
author W. H. Auden ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception considered a major political poem of the 1930s ⓘ
widely anthologized in Auden collections ⓘ
firstPublishedIn 1937 pamphlet publication ⓘ
form free verse ⓘ
genre political poetry ⓘ
war poetry ⓘ
hasFamousLine "But today the struggle." ⓘ
"The stars are dead." ⓘ
"To-day the deliberate increase in the chances of death." ⓘ
"Yesterday all the past." ⓘ
inspiredByEvent Spanish Civil War ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement left-wing political poetry of the 1930s ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
mainSubject Spanish Civil War ⓘ
individual responsibility in war ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
political commitment ⓘ
meter irregular ⓘ
narrativePerspective collective voice ⓘ
first-person plural ⓘ
periodOfComposition late 1930s ⓘ
publicationYear 1937 ⓘ
reflectsExperienceOf W. H. Auden in Spain ⓘ
relatedHistoricalContext international brigades in Spain ⓘ
rise of European fascism ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor In Memory of W. B. Yeats ⓘ
September 1, 1939 ⓘ
rhymeScheme irregular ⓘ
settingPlace Spain ⓘ
settingTime Spanish Civil War ⓘ
structure sequence of temporal reflections (yesterday, today, tomorrow) ⓘ
theme collective struggle ⓘ
historical responsibility ⓘ
hope and disillusionment ⓘ
the future as moral horizon ⓘ
the role of the intellectual in politics ⓘ
violence and sacrifice ⓘ

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