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Rabbit Hill posted:I'll confess, I don't like Auden. And I'll confess further: it was reading "The Platonic Blow," the anonymous bad gay erotica written in narrative verse widely attributed to Auden, that was the final nail in the "Auden is no good" coffin for me. So I too would be interested in someone pro-Auden explaining why he's so well-regarded. One of Auden's biggest strengths, in my opinion, is his ability to evoke "epic themes" and all their associated emotions without succumbing to bombast or dishonesty. "Spain" is a particularly good example of this-- it's a poem about martial heroism, certainly, but it looks war in the face and it tells no pretty lies. Also, while the Platonic Blow may not be *sexy*, exactly, I do think it's pretty hilarious. So maybe you might like it more if you approach it as quasi-parody?
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