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by Mike Flynn
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Our greeting cards are 5" x 7" in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss finish. The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.
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Funeral Blues
W.H. Auden [1907-1973]
Wystan Hugh Auden was born in 1907 in England, though he became an American citizen in 1946.
W.H. Auden was educated at good schools in England and at Oxford University.
He became a teacher and then a lecturer in England and America.
W.H. Auden was a homosexual, though he could not reveal the fact publicly.
The poem ‘Funeral Blues’ is a lament for a friend. ‘Blues’ is an American word for a sad song.
The poem was first published as one of ‘Twelve Songs’.
When Auden wrote this poem, it was common for funerals to be very formal. Mourners would wear black ties or bow-ties, made of crepe, a thin material. White doves [pigeons] would be released at the funeral of an important public figure. A formation of aeroplanes might pass over-head at a president’s funeral.
Instead of traffic lights, traffic policemen with white gloves regulated the traffic at major junctions.
In the first stanza, Auden wants everyth...
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