What does it mean in line 23 that the unknown citizen “held the proper opinions for the time of year”? Explain and tell why this attribute is presented as something lamentable. Reread the section on...

What does it mean in line 23 that the unknown citizen “held the proper opinions for the time of year”? Explain and tell why this attribute is presented as something lamentable.

Reread the section on author-based, text-based, and reader-based approaches to literature (see Interpreting in Chapter 11). Select one type of approach, and evaluate Auden’s poem using that approach.