Lie

I believe in Auden's poem "Spetember 1,1939" he tries to convince society that the government has set up a lie for them to believe. The speaker says" All I have is a voice/To undo the folded lie" this lie is extremely big that it can be folded and has society believe everything is okay. The lie could be portraying a lie that the government has gotten society to believe about life. He also mentions "the light must never go out/ the music must always play". These lines portray that there is something that must be hidden from the people who live in their own country. The government has made them fear one another instead of to "love one another or die," which can leave society uneasy. The speaker in the poem has realized this lie and wants to show society the truth about the government.