To what extent is writing on these subjects grounded in earlier traditions and to what extent does it enter a political debate, either explicitly or implicitly?

Nature was a subject most frequently used by poets of the 1930s to help communicate their political views and convey the alteration of which politics created in society. Writers sought after the public to be aware of 'the clashes between Fascism and Communism, dictatorship and social democracy and 'micropolitical' concerns' , which concerned all social classes well being. To exemplify what it is meant by the above, the analysis of the following poems: "Opus 7" and "Sleek …

…to add a much more starker contrast between politics and nature.each of the poems carried complete opposite forms and styles from one another which was of some interest. I found 'James Honeysuckle' by W.H Auden the most compelling and effective due to the slightly humourous from it is written in. I found this poem much more hard hitting and a saddening portrayal of what war caused upon so many innocent lives and countries.