W.H.Auden- Miss Gee

How is the story told?

•  Form- it is a ballad- in the form of a blues song
• Quatrain- 4 beats
• It has a regular metre
• ABCB rhyming pattern.
• Tone- is childlike, with the easy diction to understand. But it also has a serious, and ironic meaning behind it. The story is almost a cautionary tale that could cover the sadness that the poem expresses. The way that it is a song makes it more friendly to understand and more fun. 
• Setting- i imagine a small village, and church. 
• Miss Gee's clothing is described- 'with her clothes buttoned up to her neck'- Imagery and her street repetition.
• Time- shown through stanzas
• It is black comedy.
• Religion is used a lot- it could show the irony that she goes to church all the time but still gets cancer in the end. Possibly Auden making a statement about the church, his beliefs. She worked for the 'church bazaar', prayed regularly . Also she may have been sexual, as she wishes to be 'a good girl' she is ashamed of herself  and has dreams that subtly made point out that she may not be honorable, and certainly conflicting the ideas of the church.
• She is lonely- the readers become emotionally attached and feel sorry for her. She looks away at the couple. She is generally a good person.
• Linear chronology
•  Voice- the poets voice addresses the reader.
• The voice changes when the doctor talks about Miss Gee, he tells the story for a bit- we find out she has cancer. When this happens so does the mood, it becomes more serious and depressing as we know she is going to die.
• Linear chronology.
• The ending of her in a hospital being dissected by students is odd. It shows she is worthless, as she did not have a funeral. backing up the point she is alone, without any friends. It's very ironic and sad.
• The poem is written in a framed narration- start middle end. 

Debate between religion and science
Spinsters( unmarried women)- secret lives under appearance
Religion
Death
Life- the importance, that cancer could happen to anyone, even religious people
The voice is objective- cold voice, negative and to the point.