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The poem is full of imagery of death and mourning, such as the coffin, the black cotton gloves, and the crepe bows. The speaker also wishes to destroy all that is beautiful and life-giving, such as the stars, the moon, the sun, and the ocean.
Funeral Blues (”Stop all the clocks”) Lyrics. Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum. Bring out ...
Widely accepted as Auden's most iconic poem, 'Funeral Blues' has become one of the most commonly referenced poems ever produced and is one of the defining poetic renderings of grief and loss. The depth of feeling evoked in the poem is equal to that of any writer in Auden's era.
“Funeral Blues” was written by the British poet W. H. Auden and first published in 1938. It's a poem about the immensity of grief: the speaker has lost someone important, but the rest of the world doesn’t slow down or stop to pay its respects—it just keeps plugging along on as if nothing has changed.
WH Auden's 'Funeral Blues' poem, also known as (aka) 'Stop All the Clocks', is one of the most loved and most read at memorial services. It's been that way ever since it was movingly recited by actor John Hannah in the enormously successful 1994 English romantic comedy: 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'.
Funeral Blues is a poem by W. H. Auden. An early version was published in 1936, but the poem in its final, familiar form was first published in The Year’s Poetry (London, 1938). Death is the subject and main theme of the poem.
‘Funeral Blues’, W.H. Auden Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead.
Funeral Blues. Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone. Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum. Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead.
Funeral Blues. I Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
The Auden poem called “Funeral Blues” first appeared in The Ascent of F6, Auden’s 1936 play written with his longtime collaborator Christopher Isherwood. This version of the poem was known by its first line: “Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone.”
