Rhapsody On A Windy Night Essay

Rhapsody paragraph
The concept of life in a modern culture can be explored within the separate constructs of superficiality and lack of control. The idea of the superficial existence of living death is supported by J. Young in his views on the degradation of society. Wright, however believes that it is a spiritual death brought about through a lack of control in the social context of the present that Eliot is trying to portray. Through an analysis of both of these contexts, a social comment can be made to determine which of these ideas defines the overarching theme behind T.S. Eliot’s poem Rhapsody on a Windy Night.
Young’s views on the degradation of society are shown clearly through the quote about the broken spring;
“A broken spring in