The main ways and peculiarities of poetic imagery in W. H. Auden’s poetry

The present study concentrates on analysis of some peculiarities in creation of W. H. Auden’s poetic imagery. The main issue under consideration is the leading tendencies and artistic techniques of the author’s creativity. The theoretical bases of the issue and a comprehensive analysis of the poetry are produced in the article.

metonymical and metaphorical tendencies, literary devices, poetic imagery, art form, the technique of montage, peculiarities of the poetical expressions.