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Thanks for your Replies. Following them up produced this detail, from the Oxford CS Lewis Society. “As a walker, Auden was said to take no notice of his surroundings. In his student days, his favourite walk in Oxford was reportedly past the gasworks, along 'the dingiest part of the river...

Thanks for all these Replies. The suggestion that the lovers are dead before the poem is over seemed especially poignant. I became interested in Auden, almost by chance, in 2007, trying at times to write "answering back" type poems. The Jack-and-Jill sequence was particularly perplexing - the...

I had been in contact with Solihull Local Studies regarding Auden’s association with Solihull and the particular investigation below. They have recommended me to contact you, so here is my query. One particular interest of mine is the poem “As I walked out one evening”. Trying to trace the route...