9/11 & WWII

Auden's poem speaks of fires and skyscrapers, which makes many of us think of 9/11, but I do not think Auden was predicting anything. I do believe he was writing about the tragedies that occurred in Nazi Germany during WWII, particularly in Berlin. WWII was very similar to the time right after 9/11 in that people banded together as nations to support the families that lost loved ones. This type of action is what Auden is trying to inspire in his readers. However the details in his poem are eerily similar to what actually happened in 9/11, but if you think about it the details of 9/11 are very similar to those of WWII battles. For example in WWII bodies were burned just as they were during 9/11, and buildings burned from bombs and raids, similar to the way the planes were used as bombs during 9/11. I do not think that Auden was predicting anything, but I do think that history will repeat itself...possibly more than once.