1.
The More Loving One
By W.H. Auden
PREPARED BY:
Kriezel Anne Siva
Leahmae Garnica
Mary Joy Montoya

2.
Looking up at the stars, I know quite well,
That, for all they care, I can go to hell.
But on earth indifference is the least,
We have to dread from man or beast.
How should we like it were stars to burn,
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.
Admirer as I think I am,
Of stars that do not give a damn.
I cannot, now I see them, say,
I missed one terribly all day.
Were all stars to disappear or die,
I should learn to look at an empty sky.
And feel its total dark sublime,
Though this might take me a little time.

3.
CHARACTERIZATION

4.
CHARACTERIZATION

5.
tone

6.
RHYME

7.
Looking up at the stars, I know quite well,
A
That, for all they care, I can go to hell.
A
But on earth indifference is the least, B
We have to dread from man or beast. B
How should we like it were stars to burn,
A
With a passion for us we could not return?
A
If equal affection cannot be, B
Let the more loving one be me.
B
Admirer as I think I am,
A
Of stars that do not give a damn.
A
I cannot, now I see them, say, B
I missed one terribly all day. B

8.
Author’s point of view

9.
Author’s point of view

10.
Author’s point of view

11.
theme

12.
theme

13.
Were all stars to disappear or die,
I should learn to look at an empty sky.
And feel its total dark sublime,
Though this might take me a little time.
The lover here is represented
as stars. They were to go away or
die. I learned that the poet here
or the character would learn to
not only get over that person, but
also to feel their absence as
sublime. The moving on process
will not happen quickly. It takes
time and it takes some healing.
He needs to heal from all the
wounds of the past and slowly
forgets all of the painful