Funeral Poem From Four Weddings And A Funeral. Ive read it here against an audio backdrop of When Darkness Falls by Secret Garden - which I felt made an evocative combination. Stop all the clocks cut off the telephone Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin let the mourners come.
For the inaugural post on this blog I have chosen a beautiful poem by W. A moving elegy to a dead lover the poem begins Stop all the clocks cut off the telephone and can be found in Audens Collected Poems. It worked for my parents.
Directed by Mike Newell 1994.
We intend to do three things in this analysis. The poem became famous after it was recited in the film Four Weddings and A Funeral. It worked for my parents. Stop all the clocks cut off the telephone Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone Silence the pianos and with muffled drum.