W. H. Auden Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: February 21, 1907 - September 29, 1973
Birthday: February 21
Death: September 29
The poet who writes "free" verse is like Robinson Crusoe on his desert island: he must do all his cooking, laundry and darning for himself. In a few exceptional cases, this manly independence produces something original and impressive, but more often the result is squalor dirty sheets on the unmade bed and empty bottles on the unswept floor.
topic: Dirty, Writing, Islands, Squalor, Unmade Beds, Empty Bottles, Free Verse, Robinson Crusoe
