Herman Melville

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Evil is unspectacular and always human,
And shares our bed and eats at our table.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Nature of evil Evil

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

Herman Melville

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.

The Godhead is broken like bread. We are the pieces.

W.H. Auden

Herman Melville

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Topic

God and man

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

Herman Melville

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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