In W. H. Auden's
poem, "Funeral Blues," the
speaker uses well-constructed poetic
language and form to convey her attitude toward the subject of
death. It explains how Auden manifests an extremely bitter
interpretation of hopelessness and eternal sadness on the part of the speaker as a result of losing a
loved one. The speaker in the poem is deeply saddened about the loss of her loved one and the fact that it was a force beyond her control. This person has been taken from her
life in haste at a most inopportune time, and she feels as though her life has become pointless. It shows how, through Auden's use of tone, language, and structure, he portrays a very well-defined image of death and its effects on the individual, which is by no means desirable.