Coincidence

The poem September 1, 1939 was written by W.H. Auden right before World War 2 began. This was a stressful time not just for the people of America but the whole world as it moved closer and closer to war. What is interesting is all the correlations to the terrorist attacks on September 11. First, the poem takes place in September, but that alone is not too weird. As Auden begins describing skyscrapers, that's when the similarities come to light. His poem mentions death in the second to last stanza and ends with fire and dust. All of these amount to a concerning amount of similarities between the attacks and the poem. It is obviously just a coincidence though.