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tiffany-As I Walked Out One Evening
Title:	tiffany-As I Walked Out One Evening
URL:	http://tiffanybracciale-2013.1minutesite.es/
Description:	As I Walked Out One Evening Have you ever been reading Looking for Alaska and gotten to that Auden quote and thought to yourself, "Gee, I really wish someone out in Nerdfighteria would write an in depth analysis of that poem"? You have?! Then have I got just the thing for you! For my final in my lit analysis this past semester I had to write a five page analysis of a poem of my choosing. Auden's, As I Walked Out One Evening speaks to nature of time as it relates to the human condition. The poem consists of three separate speakers: the lovers, the clocks and the narrator. Each speaker represents a different measure and attitude towards time. The lover's song paints time to be conquerable and ignorable no more than a passing annoyance that they are outside of. The soliloquy of the clocks demonstrates time as a product of society, there to keep its subjects in line, and ultimately a ruling force. Finally, the narrator speaks of love as being outside of both of these things. Time

tiffany-As I Walked Out One Evening