Ts Eliot
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- Category: English: Poetic Works
- Date Submitted: 08/17/2015 11:28 PM
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Evaluate the effectiveness of Eliot’s exploration of the relationship between individuals and their world within his poetry.
Paragraph 1: Prufrock
* “With a bald spot in the middle of my hair – (they will say: how his hair is growing thin!)”
* “(They will say: But how his arms and legs arte thin!) Do I dare disturb the universe?”
* “There will be a time to prepare a face for the faces you will meet; There will be at time, there will be a time to murder and create”
Paragraph 2: Rhapsody
* “The street light sputtered/The street light muttered”
* “Cat which flattens itself in the gutter/Slips out its tongue/And devours a morsel of rancid butter”
* “Crab one afternoon in a pool/An old crab with barnacles on its back/Gripping the end of a stick”
Paragraph 3: Preludes
* “Six O’clock”
* “Four, five and six o’clock”
* "Burnt-out ends,” “grimy scraps,” “withered leaves,” “broken blinds,”
* “The winter evening settles down/With smells of steak in the passageway/... And then the lighting of the lamps.”
* “Burnt-ends of smoky days”
Paragraph 4: Prufrock
* “The women in the room come and go/Talking of Michelangelo”
Paragraph 5: Rhapsody
* “Twisted branch”
* “Broken spring”
* “Torn and stained with sand”
* “Corner of her eye/Twists like a crooked pin”
* “Hesitates towards him”
Paragraph 6: Preludes
* “The morning comes con consciousness”
* “Masquerades”
* “Thousands of furnished rooms”
* “Thousand sordid images/ Of which her soul is constituted”
Overarching Thesis: The fractured existence of humanity stems from man’s alienation in a hostile, decaying world, leading individuals into a life of monotony and misery.
* Sub-thesis 1: The human condition is inherently fragile and will inevitably deteriorate due to the overwhelming influence of the world around the persona.
* Sub-thesis 2: The deterioration of the human condition has resulted in a lack of communication and...
Paragraph 1: Prufrock
* “With a bald spot in the middle of my hair – (they will say: how his hair is growing thin!)”
* “(They will say: But how his arms and legs arte thin!) Do I dare disturb the universe?”
* “There will be a time to prepare a face for the faces you will meet; There will be at time, there will be a time to murder and create”
Paragraph 2: Rhapsody
* “The street light sputtered/The street light muttered”
* “Cat which flattens itself in the gutter/Slips out its tongue/And devours a morsel of rancid butter”
* “Crab one afternoon in a pool/An old crab with barnacles on its back/Gripping the end of a stick”
Paragraph 3: Preludes
* “Six O’clock”
* “Four, five and six o’clock”
* "Burnt-out ends,” “grimy scraps,” “withered leaves,” “broken blinds,”
* “The winter evening settles down/With smells of steak in the passageway/... And then the lighting of the lamps.”
* “Burnt-ends of smoky days”
Paragraph 4: Prufrock
* “The women in the room come and go/Talking of Michelangelo”
Paragraph 5: Rhapsody
* “Twisted branch”
* “Broken spring”
* “Torn and stained with sand”
* “Corner of her eye/Twists like a crooked pin”
* “Hesitates towards him”
Paragraph 6: Preludes
* “The morning comes con consciousness”
* “Masquerades”
* “Thousands of furnished rooms”
* “Thousand sordid images/ Of which her soul is constituted”
Overarching Thesis: The fractured existence of humanity stems from man’s alienation in a hostile, decaying world, leading individuals into a life of monotony and misery.
* Sub-thesis 1: The human condition is inherently fragile and will inevitably deteriorate due to the overwhelming influence of the world around the persona.
* Sub-thesis 2: The deterioration of the human condition has resulted in a lack of communication and...