Fill in the missing words:

Stop all the ............., cut off the ....................

Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy ................,
Silence the pianos and with muffled ...............
Bring out the .............., let the mourners come.

Let ................... circle moaning overhead

Scribbling on the sky the ..................... He is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white ................. of the public doves,
Let the traffic .................... wear black cotton gloves.

He was my ..........., my .............., my ............ and ................,

My working ........... and my Sunday ..............,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my ...........;
I thought that ........... would last forever: I was .................

The ............ are not wanted now; .............. every one,

Pack up the ........... and dismantle the ..............,
Pour away the .............. and sweep up the ..............;
For nothing now can ever come to any ..................

W.H. Auden

In pairs read the poem again and try to find an idea which summarizes the content in
each stanza:

STANZA 1

STANZA 2

STANZA 3

STANZA 4