As I Walked Out One Evening - W H Auden (Reading Journal)

• ABCB rhyme scheme, ballad form, typical of Auden's style. Written in the first person, once again taking on a character.
• References to Clocks and Time frequently, 'Time watches from the shadow', 'You cannot conquer time' gives idea of time being a key feature of the poem
• Repetition e.g. 'O look, look...O look'. Almost like a lament/cry for help. 
• 'You will love your crooked neighbor' links to bible quote 'love you neighbor as yourself', but 'crooked' adds a twisted aspect to it.
• 'And the deep river ran on', 'And the river jumps over the mountain', personification of the river. River represents how life carries on regardless.