Textual integrity is the way in which the poet uses context, form, language and purpose to produce a work that has meaning and purpose value, in other words, it is something that can resonate, move or change the public's mind. In Auden's poems "Spain" and "In Memory of WB Yeats", he focuses on several themes, namely: how his poetry and that of others can reveal reality, the modern horrors present in his time (death and suffering because of the war), he does all this by relating it to the ordinary man. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get an original essay Spain begins with Auden talking about “yesterday” and all the great feats humans have accomplished. These are the expansion towards "China along the trade routes", the great conquests and explorations carried out by the "navigators", the artificial wonders in wood and stone of the "chapel built in the forest" and “the sculpture of angels” and the growth of modernity and industrialization creating “railroads in the colonial desert”. But this “yesterday” is now over and now “Today, the struggle” is upon us. Auden talks about 3 main characters, namely: a poet, a scientist and the poor. The poet wants to be able to see this terror of war and write about it. The scientist spends most of his time busy with his various projects but it is the lives of his friends that question him. The poor spend most of their time in their “fireless lodges” thinking that “our day is our loss.” Spain then looks to tomorrow, a hopeful time full of romantic love, searching, exploration and simple things in life like "Walks by the Lake." This grand imaginable thought is then quickly destroyed as the realities of the brutal present are brought back. “Today” death and suffering are realities and few things make life worth living. Spain's future is uncertain, it has had a glorious past but may not have a glorious future. In memory of WB Yeats are Auden's reflections on the art of a poet and the role of poetry in a time of misfortune as well as in the normal struggles of life. The poem is organized into 3 sections, the first is a section where Auden mourns the death of Yeats, the second section is where Auden comments on Yeats's poetry, the third section is a call to other people and poets. The first section uses the environment to reflect Yeats' death, how the "streams were frozen", "airports almost deserted" and how "snow disfigured public statues", reinforcing the fact that because of death of Yeats, everything stopped. . At the same time, “wolves ran through the evergreen forests,” suggesting that even though the poet is dead, his poetry is not. The downside of this situation is that Yeats can no longer speak for himself and having now become "his admirers", his poems are now also "scattered" like ashes and are misinterpreted. But the common man does not become efficient, the brokers scream and the poor continue to suffer. Auden balances his thoughts between two elements, one being that the death of a poet can go unnoticed and be almost completely insignificant, the other being that this death should be a national crisis. The second section recounts how Yeats was shaped: "Mad Ireland hurt you in poetry / Now Ireland still has its madness and its times", reinforcing the fact that Auden still believes that even though Yeats is dead, his poetry endures. The third section is a.