In the poems “Epitaph on a Tyrant” and “The Fall of Rome," W. H. Auden reveals the dark and corrupt side of politics. Through the versatility of poetic styles and explicit usage of vocabulary, Auden is able to reflect them from his thoughts and opinionated on his discrimination towards totalitarianism. His lyrics imbed a deeper meaning into his poems, expressing how he views politic. As the poet states, “My deepest feeling about politicians is that they are dangerous lunatics to be avoided when possible and carefully humored; people, above all, to whom one must never tell the truth.” Auden portrays calamities that can be brought to the people resulting from responsibility held in the hands of totalitarianism using careful word choice. In the poem “Epitaph of a Tyrant”, Auden uses distinct words like “perfection” to express the common goal of tyrants and their political schemes of reaching the stage of perfection in a society. “Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after / And the poetry he invented was easy to understand” (Auden 1-2). It is agreeable that the state of perfection and utopia is the only foundation which pushes tyrants further into the desire of more power. From the second line of the poem, the “poetry” refers to the mindset, and the ideals of a tyrant that can only be understood by another tyrant. Here Auden tries to inform the readers that to understand someone, he or she must be like him or her. More can be derived from the second line whereas dictators are simple minded with greedy minds for power. Politics in general is “very controversial to be a theme”, however “Auden had took the theme that everyone agree with what he declared” (Salafiyan Gemba), referring to tyranny as an unjust system. The poem also characterizes the difference between dictatorial and democratic power using the lyrics as a support to further his controversial thoughts on politics. The whole general goal of dictators is obvious, and it is a given that they all know what is valuable to them: power. As written in the poem “Epitaph of a