The poem ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ by T.S. Elliot is one that is full of literary devices that give the already deep piece of literature an entirely new depth when you look for them. The tone‚ plot‚ and overall theme of the story portrays a solemn and regretful lament of a man who has missed out on an integral part of his life‚ true love. J. Alfred Prufrock has coasted throughout his early life thinking he had plenty of time to do the things he hasn’t yet‚ found love and truly savored
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Landscape in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot Although the full meaning within T. S. Eliot’s dense poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” proves difficult to grasp‚ the deep meaning packed into every word makes the pursuit to understanding this poem a never-ending adventure. Scenery in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” represents an intensely psychological account which should never‚ in any instance‚ by taken literally. The loss of time‚ the confusion of past‚ present
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How has Eliot used both conventional and Modernist poetic techniques to represent his Modernist concerns? The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Preludes expresses Eliot’s Modernist concerns about the lack of morals and values in modern society through the use of personas within the urban landscape and the urban society. Modern man’s lifestyle of repetition of trivial tasks and the lack of meaningful things in life is represented and emphasised through the use of alliteration‚ metaphor‚ fragmentation
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What according to T. S. Eliot‚ is ‘dissociation of sensibility’? What is his charge against Milton and Dryden in the essay on ‘The Metaphysical Poets’? Eliot’s theory of the ‘dissociation of sensibility’ may be said to be an attempt to find some kind of historical explanation to the dissolution of the tradition of unified sensibility which found its perfection in the writings of Dante and Shakespeare. The unified sensibility was a sensibility which was the product of a true synthesis of the individual
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T. S. Eliot‚ perhaps one of the most controversial poets of modern times‚ wrote what many critics consider the most controversial poem of all‚ The Waste Land. The Waste Land was written using a fragmented style. This is a style that is evident in all of Eliot"s writings. There are several reasons for his using this approach‚ from a feeling of being isolated‚ to a problem articulating thoughts (Bergonzi 18‚ Cuddy 13‚ Mack 1745‚ Martin 102). What influenced Eliot the most in writing poetry was a book
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represented in literature through symbolic and not realistic form". In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"‚ symbols are employed through certain images which are specific and symbolic in addition to some textual symbols which are purely Eliotian. Eliot knows how to choose some mythical symbols and other symbols which he derives from different cultures and employs them in his text in a clever way that they become part of the text. They are intermingled with the other aspects of his text and become
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T. S. Eliot and D. H. Lawrence – Compare and Contrast their Techniques and Themes T. S. Eliot and D. H. Lawrence‚ although they are both contemporary authors of Modernist period‚ express different values and techniques. They are both born in 1880s when the world enters the industrial age. While both witness the dynamic transition‚ they both criticize the modernity but in different methods. Two authors’ relations regarding techniques and themes would be analyzed by comparing Eliot’s The Love
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T.S. Eliot as a dramatist Introduction American-English poet‚ playwright‚ and critic‚ a leader of the modernist movement in literature. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1948. His most famous work is THE WASTE LAND‚ written when he was 34. On one level this highly complex poem descibes cultural and spiritual crisis. "The point of view which I am struggling to attack is perhaps related to the metaphysical theory of the substantial unity of the soul: for my meaning is
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Edition(1950) Eliot‚ T.S . Prufrock and Other Observations: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚ <http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/poetry/critical_define/crit_psycho.html>Web. 15.03.2015 <http://www.slideshare.net/khimdelacruz07/psychoanalytic-criticism-28410342>Web. 15.03.2015 <http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/eliot/life.htm> Web. 15.03.2015 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Song_of_J._Alfred_Prufrock> Web. 15.03.2015 <http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/eliot/prufrock
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From His Life to the Page T. S. Eliot’s work was greatly influenced by his life. There was a basic pattern in his works that corresponded with the events in his life. This pattern brought about many changes and phases in his poetry. Even Eliot’s attitude was reflected in his work. A quote from T. S. Eliot: The Man and His Work states‚ " Eliot was a man with the highest standards in his poetry‚ his critisism‚ and his behavior to others." ( Spender 34). Perhaps much of this can be attributed to his
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