Auden Flashcards
1
Q
Jones claims Old English represented….. to Auden
A
Passion and Anxiety
2
Q
Auden’s first play called
A
Paid on Both Sides
3
Q
Paid on Both sides uses Old English language and forms to….
A
reference the Blood Feuds of Old Heroic Poetry
4
Q
Jones Sites the coined word “Gun Anger” as derived from…
A
“ecghete” or “sword-hate
5
Q
The title of Paid alludes to a line from…
A
Beowulf
6
Q
the most persistant allusion to Old English poetry in Paid is…
A
in the metre, the stressed syllables of the lines.
7
Q
Jones claims Auden used Old English to express what in his poetry?
A
the difficulties of accepting his sexuality
