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‘A culture is no better than its woods’ – what our trees reveal about us, by W H Auden | Aeon Videos

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65% Informative

The video features audio restored from a 1956 recording of W H Auden performing his poem Woods’ before a crowd at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City .

Auden ’s elegant appeal for conservation reflects the moment it was written, amid growing concerns about deforestation.

For the production, the MET paired the video with paintings in its collection including a work by the Italian Renaissance artist Piero di Cosimo .

VR Score

62

Informative language

62

Neutral language

11

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

65

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

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