The Effulgence Within: LULLABY

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

LULLABY

Wystan Hugh Auden's "Lullaby” opens with a picture of the poet watching his beloved sleeping peacefully on his “faithless” arm, one he himself cannot trust ( some critics have interpreted the scene to be a post-coital one, with which I do not agree ); while she, on the contrary, sleeps absolutely... Sign in to see full entry.

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