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A battlefield diary integrating poetry, prose and photos. This book was published just before the outbreak of the European War. It is very popular for its detailed information, humorous writing style and firm anti-fascist stance. It has extremely high historical and literary value. The twenty-seven sonnets written by Auden are even known as "the most profound and innovative chapters in Auden's poetry of the 1930s, and can also be said to be one of the greatest English poems of this decade."

From the beginning of his career in 1927 to the return of his soul to the country of poetry in 1973, Auden continued to inject new atmosphere into English poetry for nearly half a century. His works range from politics to religion, from cities to rural areas, and are full of beautiful words. Street conversations can also be incorporated into poetry. This book is the second volume of the complete collection of poems that Auden voluntarily retained, and the text was approved by him. This book, together with the first volume of the published anthology, includes all the contents of previous editions of Auden's poetry collections, and covers all the poet's later collections of short poems. It can be said that the essence of Auden's poetry has been collected here. Looking through the entire book, one can't help but admire the exquisiteness of Auden's poetic skills and the breadth of his feelings, and the ancient Western literary tradition has reappeared in its past glory again and again in his writings.