Do you think most mothers would side with daughters with whom they are more politically or culturally sympathetic? What might be the deciding factor? Are most mothers equally supportive of each of their children?

Do you think being in love can help a person deal with global tragedies? Domestic frustration? Cosmic gloom?
Funeral Blues” by W. H. Auden question: What is it about this poem that makes it so universally popular? What images in the poem seem most poignant?