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- 21: On The Universality Of Poetry
- ... symbolism, idiom etc etc) that poetry use ---a relatively small class of people. Some time ago, our English class read T.S. Elliot's "The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock", a long poem in the form of a soliloquy on whether or not the persona should or should not approach a woman he loves, eat a peach, or part his ... the fact that it contains excerpts from major English writers and that the images in the poem echoes its sense. It can also be noted that the allusions present in "Prufrock" are Western in origin. There are cuts from Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare and about every other canonical English writers. This technique of alluding to the Masters is not present in Prufruck ... of Humanity. That even if an idea is stated in a different way, themes behind certain poems transcend culture, time, and therefore language. It is. That the indicission felt by Prufrock is no different from the indecision that Rama felt in Bhagavad Gita. Yes. But would an Indian appreciate the fact that Prufrock's internal conflict is about hair-parting ...
- 22: Thomas Sterns Eliot (1888 - 1965)
- ... was known as a great poet and a literal critic. Eliot is best known for two of his works: The Waste Land (1922) and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915). Actually the Love song is the beginning of the Waste Land. The Waste Land is in 5 parts, so it is more of a story in poetical form. In ... half way through. This is his only poetic work I like. But it will never be at the top of any of my lists. In this “song” , JAP (J. Alfred Prufrock) is writing a letter to his honey, the girl he is in love with. In this poem Eliot uses a lot of visual imagery, he is very good with his ...
- 23: Comparing "Waiting for Godot" To "Hollow Men"
- ... about hanging themselves, and then do it all over again. The existentialist style by Godot is comparable to T.S. Eliot's works. Eliot's Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, and Hollow Men are about the tormenting cycle of life and death. The connection among these three works is that people want to and should do so much, but they ... everything he could have done. Like in Godot, there is so much that can be done, but an excuse is always found. Vladimir and Estragon have to wait for Godot. Prufrock is too old, too good for nothing, so it is safer to just do nothing. This aspect of the human condition of just going through the motions is the easy ...
- 24: The Worries Of Aging
- T. S. Eliot s poem The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock is quite a lengthy poem for the novice poetry reader, which consists of some 130 lines. Yet, it is the poem s mass that enables the rookie to discern the ...
- 25: Tortilla Flat
- ... an obsession with chastity and purity? 23. Is there, in this novel a depiction of the nature and future of the human race, like in _Candide_ or in "J. Alfred Prufrock?" 24. What are the moral problems in this novel? 25. What moral attitudes are reflected? 26. Are there any new moral theories? 27. What about the changing attitudes of: A ...
- 26: T.S. Eliot
- ... studying philosophy in France from 1910 to 1914, the outbreak of war. In 1915 the verse magazine Poetry published Eliot's first notable piece, 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'. This was followed by other short poems such as 'Portrait of a Lady'. 'The Waste Land', which appeared in 1922, is considered by many to be his most challenging work ...
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