This course is for all those who enjoy reading great poetry and would like to learn more about this poet. Louis MacNeice (12 September 1907 - 3 September 1963), was born in Belfast and was an Irish poet and playwright. He was a member of the so-called Auden Group, which also included W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender and Cecil Day-Lewis. Unlike U. A. Fanthorpe, he wrote his first poem at the age of seven. Although less politically overt than some of his contemporaries, he expressed a humane opposition to totalitarianism as well as an acute awareness of his roots. A brief introduction will be given to several aspects of his life followed by each of us reading in turn from the poetry he created. There will be some analysis of his poems. Please bring his collected poems or other examples of his poems to the class.