About Auden's poem...

This poem named September,1, brings very contemporary isssues and ideologies. For that reason the implementation of it inside EFL classes is not so difficult.
Inside the group discussion that we had in classes, my classmates and I realized that this poem was very controversial because of the way that was written.The historical context was a very strong influence too. The second world war was taking place and the writer was inmerse in this cruel episode. So, taking this in mind it is not a surprise the born of this poem as a response to all the cruelty that the world was facing. Also, we realize that this poem is not the only one reaction to the war. Many writers, as a way of self expression, begin to write about what was happening with the humanity.

From my point of view this poem was very good constructed. The writer is capable to express all the sadness that he was feeling in that moment and all the disappointment from his inner thoughts.He do not say anything explicit. He leaves the reader to infer about what is written. In this way he shows that he was not interested on impose certain point of view, the only thing that he wanted is to express his feelings.

On the whole, inside the classroom we can do reflective activities with our students leaving them to express what they feel thanks to this poem. Not forcing them to follow a certain patter to do it. The aim will be only share thoughts and feelings in the target language.