Q. Explain how T.S Eliot’s poems “Rhapsody on a Windy Night” and “Preludes” express modernist concerns Modernist concerns are expressed through T.S Eliot’s poems ‘Rhapsody on a Windy Night’ and ‘Preludes’. Eliot uses his fragmented childhood experiences and his thoughts on the squalor modern life to express the issues of meaningless life‚ isolation‚ the alienation and loneliness that the humans feel and lastly the damaged psyche of humanity. The issues of meaningless life is expressed through complex
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In what ways is Eliot’s ‘The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock’‚ an example of modernist writing? Discuss this in relationship to form as well as content. Although TS Eliot’s The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock contains many of the stylistic conventions that are now associated with modernist poetry‚ TS Eliot’s position on the established art forms and religious hierarchy that many writers of his generation rejected‚ and how this influenced Eliot’s composition of Prufrock‚ is highly debatable. In Modernism:
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seen as a way of advancing to the next stage and improving the cultural values of the past. However‚ for T.S. Eliot‚ modernity had ruptured its connection to a more vital past and was as a result impoverished. History is instead characterized by regression and ruptures. In his essay‚ “Tradition and the Individual Talent‚” his idea of tradition shows retrogression instead of progression. Eliot argues that “the whole literature of Europe from Homer” (49) is an archive of works affecting authors in the
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Twelve o’clock. Along the reaches of the street Held in a lunar synthesis‚ Whispering lunar incantations Dissolve the floors of memory And all its clear relations‚ Its divisions and precisions. Every street lamp that I pass Beats like a fatalistic drum‚ And through the spaces of the dark Midnight shakes the memory As a madman shakes a dead geranium. Half-past one‚ The street-lamp sputtered‚ The street-lamp muttered‚ The street-lamp said
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"How has your research into TS Eliot’s life and the opinions of ONE critic enriched your understanding of an aspect of The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock?" "Let us go then‚ you and I". Throughout the poem‚ The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock‚ written by TS Eliot‚ there is a consistent use of the words ’you’ and ’I’. Not much is said about the narrator or who he is talking to and after conducting research on TS Eliot himself as well as reading opinions of critics on this topic‚ my understanding
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Jessica Joy T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” Final Paper Eliot imparts to us the Grail quest’s influence on “The Waste Land” in the notes: “Not only the title‚ but the plan and a good deal of the incidental symbolism of the poem were suggested by Miss Jessie L. Weston’s book on the Grail legend: From Ritual to Romance (Macmillan). Indeed‚ so deeply am I indebted‚ Miss Weston’s book will elucidate the difficulties of the poem much better than my notes can do; and I recommend it (apart
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T.S. Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot was born to a very remarkable New England family on September 26‚ 1888‚ in St. Louis‚ Missouri. His father‚ Henry Ware‚ was a very successful businessman and his mother‚ Charlotte Stearns Eliot‚ was a poetess. While visiting Great Britain in 1915‚ World War I started and Eliot took up a permanent residency there. In 1927‚ he became a British citizen. While living in Britain‚ Eliot met and married Vivienne Haigh -Wood and at first everything was wonderful between
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Preludes - TS Eliot [1888-1965] Relevant Background Thomas Stearns [TS] Eliot was born in into a wealthy family in St Louis‚ Missouri‚ America in 1888 He became a British citizen at the age of 39 in 1927. His father was president of a brick making company. His mother wrote poetry and was once a teacher and social volunteer. They were determined to educate Thomas well. TS Eliot’s awareness of how differently some people lived inspired a lot of the descriptions found in Preludes’.
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journey that they made as a peaceful short trip across a flat desert ‚but the wisemen faced snow‚ unfriendly towns‚ and grumbling helpers. At times‚ the speaker mentions that he misses his home and the "silken girls bringing sherbet." They traveled all night and took turns sleeping‚ the magi must have wanted to get there sooner to get their trip over just as soon as possible. Although the wisemen were excited about the birth‚ the speaker shows a sense of sadness also. The birth of this new leader means
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Journey of the Magi’ has been penned down by Nobel prize winner TS Eliot an is a contrast of experiences based on the nativity of Christ. The monologue describes the journey of the Magi to Bethlahem in search of spiritual pacification and is an account of Eliot’s own conversion to Anglican faith‚ making the journey and objective correlation for Eliot. As per the Gospel story‚ the Magi were the three wise men namely Balthazar- King of Chaldea‚ Gaspor - King of Ethopia‚ Melchoir -King of Nubia who
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