Auden is an accomplished rhymer and Shakespeare is not.
The seasonal urge is strong in poets. Milton wrote chiefly in winter. Keats looked for spring to wake him up (as it did in the miraculous months of April and May, 1819). Burns chose autumn. Longfellow...
Mad Ireland hurt you into poetry.
In short, it became possible - never easy, but possible - in the poet Auden's phrase to find the mortal world enough.
There are good books which are only for adults.There are no good books which are only for children.
[Adam picks up the camera] I have to get a shot of this.The reaction in the room was swift, and unanimous: every single person except me raised their hands at once to cover their faces. The accompanyi...