The sky is darkening like a stain;
Something is going to fall like rain,
And it won't be flowers.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Foreboding

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

The Witnesses

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Auden, W. H. "The Witnesses." Listener’s poetry supplement, 12 July 1933.

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Evil is unspectacular and always human,
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Topic
Nature of evil Evil

Author

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Source
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Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Auden, W. H. "Herman Melville." Another Time. Faber and Faber/Random House, 1940.

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He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

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Topic
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Author

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Source
The Code of the Woosters
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1938 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Wodehouse, P. G. The Code of the Woosters. Herbert Jenkins, 1938. Originally published in The Saturday Evening Post, 16 July 1938 - 3 Sept. 1938.