It may not have failed to escape your notice that today is the centenary of WH Auden's birth. But when you've got up to speed with the poet by reading our author page, tested your knowledge with a quiz, joined in praise of Auden and admired James Fenton's 40-year-long fidelity to the poet, why not go back to first principles and enjoy a piece of the poet's ... poetry?
To make it even easier - and mellifluous - we've got a recording of Ralph Fiennes declaiming one of Auden's most memorable verses: As I Walked Out One Morning.
It comes from a CD released last year to accompany an anthology of poems by Auden, Eliot, Larkin, Dickinson and others, Catching Life by the Throat: How to Read Poetry and Why, edited by Josephine Harte.
So, sit back, relax, and add some Auden to your day.
