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The Unknown Citizen

Author:W. H. Auden
Notes: I have found this poem useful in talking about Marxism with students.
URL: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15549
Source: Poets.org
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  • (1940)
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This poem examines a single life from the point of view of the state.

Erika Kidd on Dec 16, 2008

How is this poem sympathetic to Karl Marx's concerns about the life of the worker?

How is this poem a critique of Marx's materialism?