Three Voices in “As I Walked Out One Evening” by WH AudenWystan Hugh Auden was born in York, England, on February 21, 1907. He was educated in Christ Church , Oxford after his family moved to Birmingham during his early childhood. He subsequently attended Oxford University where his gift as a poet was immediately realized. In 1930, at the age of twenty-three, Auden's second collection of poems, aptly titled, Poems, was published, thus establishing him as the leading voice of a new generation ("WH Auden"). Auden's technical virtuosity and uncanny ability to write poetry in almost any verse form attributes to his esteem as a writer. In particular he incorporated aspects of popular culture, including regional dialects and speeches, and current events into many of his works. His poems often included literal or metaphorical elements of a journey or quest. Auden imitated the writing styles of other notable poets such as W. B. Yeats, Emily Dickinson, and Henry James ("W. H. Auden"). Written in 1937 and published in his poetry collection, Another Time, in 1940, “As I Walked Out One Evening” is a reflection on love and the ruthlessness of time. The poem is a variation of the ballad form and consists of fifteen rhyming quatrains, which are four-line stanzas of any type, rhyming, measured, or otherwise (McLaughlin). It is told in three voices: the euphoric lover, the critical watches, and the narrator. Each voice represents a different attitude towards of love and time (Springer) illustrates time as something that can be ignored and overcome, nothing more than a passing annoyance of which to remain unaware perceived outside of time: "I will love you dear, you... middle of paper......ning." Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing. 12th ed. Boston: Pearson, n.d. 1064 -065. “As I Walked Out One Evening Blog Analysis.” 2011. Web. April 28, 2014. Kaiti. "While I was going out one evening." Web log review. Nerdfighters, May 27, 2009. Web. Np, 23 August 1999. Web. 28 April 2014. Springer, Mike "W.H. Auden recites his 1937 poem, "As I went out one evening"" Open Culture 2014.Summers, Claude J. "Auden, W.H. "Glbtq: a' encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture, n.d. Web. April 28, 2014. "W. H. Auden." Academy of American Poets, April 28. 2014.