Specifically, he changed schools often and his parents pressured him to pursue his studies in the sciences, at this time he discovered and began studying the works of Freud. ... Auden uses his characteristic style to intertwine the theme within imagery and metaphors. ... Dawson Parish (Who obtained his PhD in Comparative Literature) states, Auden"s brilliant portrayal of the relationship between time and life is characteristic of his classical training. ...

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In the Victorian era, there was a huge conflict occurred especially because of Darwin's theory between science and religion. ... Science brought new inventions and these inventions, while doing good to humans, but also, were making them more mechanized. ... This conflict between science and religion is wonderfully depicted in the poems of those poets who were extremely worried because of the conflict, Matthew Arnold is one of those. ... He is neither too melancholic like Arnold nor too optimistic like Robert Browning, another contemporary, in terms of the tone, mood and theme of his poetr...

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The escape to freedom is one of the themes in the poem "the female figure's adoration of the Fascist is an extreme result of a stereotypically feminine escape from the feelings of aloneness associated with freedom, through masochistic strivings- (Strangeways). ...

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