Who is the narrator in W. H. Auden’s poem, and on what sort of occasion is the narrator speaking? How do you know? France, Great Britain, and the United States all have monuments to “The Unknown”...

Who is the narrator in W. H. Auden’s poem, and on what sort of occasion is the narrator speaking? How do you know?

France, Great Britain, and the United States all have monuments to “The Unknown” (formerly “The Unknown Soldier”). How is Auden’s proposed monument like and unlike these war memorials?