Monday, April 4, 2022

Auden's "Shield of Achilles" and Genocide in Ukraine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpblaBb93fo 


     Auden wrote this poem after WW2 when the world was in upheaval. We appear to be heading that way presently. I taught this poem in my Mythology classes at Blythewood High School in Blythewood, SC.

     Link to the genocide in Ukraine:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60949706


   


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