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W. H. Auden, a Rare card
Wystan Hugh Auden was a British-American poet.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 182
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 280,000
Power 182 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
W. H. Auden quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the W. H. Auden card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Auden was born in York and grew up in and near Birmingham in a ______, middle-class family.
Answer
professional. Auden was born in York and grew up in and near Birmingham in a professional, middle-class family. From the W. H. Auden article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Gothic architecture. Gothic architecture 390,000 · W. H. Auden 280,000 · Clarinet 170,000 · Alexander Alekhine 110,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content.
- Some of his best known poems are about love, such as "Funeral Blues", on political and social themes, such as "September 1, 1939" and "The Shield of Achilles", on cultural and psychological themes, such as The Age of Anxiety, and on religious themes, such as "For the Time Being" and "Horae Canonicae".
- Auden was born in York and grew up in and near Birmingham in a professional, middle-class family.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The W. H. Auden article was read about 280,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get W. H. Auden
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, W. H. Auden (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
