Eratosphere moderator Greg Dowling is the author of an interesting essay on Byronic influence on Auden's poetry at
Contemporary Poetry Review. Check it out and learn.
http://www.cprw.com/Misc/auden.htm
Also a "classic reading" by Greg of Philip Larkin's
Here
http://www.cprw.com/Misc/larkin2.htm
Also a short essay on Larkin and Happiness by Rachel Wetzston. Her death was certainly a loss to the poetry world.