Auden's Revisions
"That's a damned lie! We must die anyway."
"That's a damned lie! We must die anyway."
The New Republic, 1939
"We must love one another or die." |
The Original Typescript
"The typescript of the poem he submitted for The New Republic included two stanzas that he had already crossed out." |
A Comparison
4 versions of one poem.
4 versions of one poem.