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Auden's poetic register, by the late 1930s, is best characterised as:Read the answer and worked solution →Auden's career flourished in which decade?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Auden's poetic register, by the late 1930s, is best characterised as:

  1. Archaic and balladic
  2. Strictly metrical and pastoral
  3. Mystical and revelatory
  4. Politically engaged and conversational
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Correct answer: D. Politically engaged and conversational

1. Auden's 1930s verse engages political and ethical questions directly. 2. His diction is conversational compared to High Modernist density. 3. The shift partly defines the late-Modernist generation. _Source: Coverage brief — Modernist canon — "Modern + Postmodern: ... Auden"_

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Auden's career flourished in which decade?

  1. 1750s
  2. 1930s
  3. 1820s
  4. 1990s
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Correct answer: B. 1930s

1. Auden emerged in the 1930s. 2. He fronted a politically engaged late-Modernist cohort. 3. His diction was conversational. _Source: Coverage brief — BA English Literature syllabus areas — "Modern + Postmodern: ... Auden"_

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