Water Imagery
It doesn't take long for Auden to get his feet wet with river imagery in "As I Walked Out One Evening." In fact, he jumps right in with that "brimming river" in line 5 and things stay pretty wet an...
Manmade vs. Natural Imagery
Throughout "As I walked Out One Evening," Auden sets up comparisons between the manmade and the natural. It's not quite East Coast vs. West Coast, but Auden makes the rivalry pretty interesting nev...