Questions+for+The+Unknown+Citizen


 * Questions for "The Unknown Citizen"**

Name: .................................................................... Period: ............ Date: ...............

1. How is the "he" being referred to in the poem identified in the italicized epigraph?

2. Who is the speaker in the poem? Why does the speaker use our and we instead of my and I?

3. Is Fudge Motors, Inc. a serious name for a corporation? What is the effect of rhyming Inc. in line 8 with drink in line 13?

4. Why does Auden capitalize so many words and phrases that normally would not be capitalized --- like Greater Community, Installment Plan, Modern Man, Public Opinion, etc.?

5. What is the attitude of the powtic voice toward the Unknown Citizen? Wha is Auden's attitude toowad the Unknown Citizen? What is Auden's attitude toward the speaker in the poem?

6. What the is the tone of the poem?