PRACTIVE EXAM 1/PREWITING: "Musee' des Beau Arts," by W.H.Auden

                          OUTLINE

I.  Introduction:
     a. The subject of the poem-human suffering
     b. Thesis/moral stance-as told through use of diction, imagery and tone.

II. Diction;
     a. Word play
     b. Stanza I's use of words prepares reader for the images in Stanza II.

III.Imagery:
     a. Landscape
     b. Characters
     c. Objects
IV.Tone:
     a. voice of disdain/disgust
     b. relationship of stanza/line with sentence/punctuation places emphasis on tone
         taken.
V.  Conclusion:
     a. moral/philosophical stance taken by speaker was that of disdain towards
         societies lack of caring and or empathy for the suffering of others.