O What is that Sound?

'O WHat is that Sound' is a ballad; or rather, Auden (like Coleridge) uses the conventions of a ballad in order to create interesting meanings. Although there is FAR more to say about this poem than can be expressed in a few minutes, this podcast is a good place to start.

As I Walked Out One Evening

This poem appears very simple at the start; it isn't! The meanings of the poem are philosophical: time, love and life are explored. They aren't so much defined, as 'explored'. However, the construction of the poem is fascinating, too. Here, the podcast covers the frame narrative and the first change of 'point of view' - Auden's doing very well to include all those in the first few stanzas.