Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). I sit on one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire. Of a low dishonest decade: Waves of anger and fear Circulate over the bright And darkened lands of the earth, Obsessing our private lives; The unmentionable odour of death Offends the September night.
September 1, 1939 by W.H. Auden
Answer : War is the main theme of the poem. During the war, there is an environment of uncertainty and fear. Because of the war, all the good hopes are gone. People live in despair. Waves of anger prevail all over. War brings about destruction and death of innocent people.
