Word: stump
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...says. That was the first, you know. And so groovy. But now, in this dry world, the young brave needs to drink water, so Merilee gives to him her knowledge of where the car and the canteen are. Turn left at the split pine, and right at the stump. And maybe put on your trousers before you go down to the road...
...always, there is Auden modestly on the stump, or in the pulpit, but steadily aware of the dangers of pontificating. In the title poem, he invokes his Age of Anxiety themes, then introduces a second voice to cut himself down: "What fun and games you find it to play/ Jere-miah-cum-Juvenal . . ." Suddenly yet a third voice yawns: "Go to sleep now for God's sake!/ You both will feel better by breakfast time...