# What is this poem?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 13, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-poem/194823 "2003-08-13T03:55:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muck\_Muck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@Muck\_Muck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muck_Muck)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-poem/194823/1 "2003-08-13T03:55:51Z")

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Can anyone tell me the name of the poem recited by a character in “Four Weddings and a Funeral”, during the funeral of the poem-reader’s friend?

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-poem/194823/2 "2003-08-13T04:02:38Z")

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[“Funeral Blues”](http://www.egr.unlv.edu/~rho/interests/other/poems/w.h.auden/funeral.blues.html) by W.H. Auden

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**Author:** ![Muck\_Muck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@Muck\_Muck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muck_Muck)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-poem/194823/3 "2003-08-13T04:12:17Z")

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thanks, spoilervirgin. I can go to bed now. 😃 **spoilervirgin**