What is Auden saying about the relative positioning of human suffering?

What will be an ideal response?


* He's suggesting that other people's suffering is usually in the background for most people. This may be because of ignorance, indifference, or point of view.
* While we might see our own suffering as a major event, the world carries on as if nothing has happened.

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If you drive south on rutgers boulevard, you can't miss it. A) Rutgers B) Rutgers, Boulevard C) South, Rutgers, Boulevard D) None of the words in the sentence should be capitalized.

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Fill each blank with the correct form (past or past participle) of the verb in

parentheses. (sell) Our neighbors _____________ their house after only two weeks. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The children's favorite holidays are Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the Fourth of July

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Web site privacy statements

(a) should be difficult to find on the site. (b) are most authoritative when written in legalese. (c) explain what rights readers have. (d) do not explain how a reader’s information will be used. (e) a and b.

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