S’io credesse che mia risposta fosse A persona che mai tornasse al mondo‚ Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse. Ma perciocche giammai di questo fondo Non torno vivo alcun‚ s’i’odo il vero‚ Senza tema d’infamia ti rispondo. (1) Let us go then‚ you and I‚ When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized (2) upon a table; Let us go‚ through certain half-deserted streets‚ The muttering retreats Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust (3) restaurants
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Though the title of Eliot’s poem‚ "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" leads the reader to believe it will be a sweet poem‚ the juxtaposition of the epigraph right after the title deeply contrasts the initial thought. It is from Dante’s Inferno and explores the suffering and uncertainty in Prufrock. Translated‚ the epigraph is Guido de Montefeltro confessing his sins to Dante assuming that he‚ like all others‚ will not be able to escape the depth‚ the depth being Hell‚ and therefore not be able
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The piece of literature that has expanded my intellectual and aesthetic views this semesters would be The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot. This pieces has expanded my intellectual views immensely because it has taught me not to judge a book by its cover (in this case a poem by its title). I am from a small town‚ and in my town everyone likes the same things. So‚ if someone liked poetry or mythology they were considered weird: however‚ in no way‚ shape‚ or form am I trying to accuse
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and most soldiers believed that they would be home by Christmas. Society viewed the war as inevitable and soldiers greatly anticipated fighting for Romantic ideals such as for honor and glory. Similar to the poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson‚ the soldiers before World War 1 believed that their was a purpose for what they were fighting for. There was nobility and honor in following orders and in dying for their country. World War I was far from the Romantic and clean war
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The Victorian age was an age where many changes occurred socially‚ economically‚ and industrially. People began to explore into areas such as the earth‚ the human body‚ and how to benefit the daily lives of individuals. English literature was also something that was beginning to be developed. Historically‚ it began when Queen Victoria was anointed to the thrown in 1837 and brought a new prosperity to England. She held the throne for 63 years which is the longest monarch to hold the thrown
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How much imagination one contributes to the poem is infinitely unrestricted. The study of poetry has and will always be a valuable part of history; especially when dealing with an emotion as universal as love. Interpretation “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚” by T.S. Eliot takes the reader on a depressing‚ timid‚ overcautious‚ middle-aged man. It could be said that he is afraid of his own shadow. Eliot begins the poem with a short excerpt from Dante’s epic poem; “Divine Comedy;” to suggest
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quickly passes we discover that not everything about life is quite so pleasing. Along with the joys and happiness we experience there is also pain‚ sadness and loneliness. Hemingway’s "A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place‚" and Eliot’s "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" both tell us about older men who are experiencing these dreadful emotions. <br> <br>In Hemingway’s short story there are three characters‚ two waiters and their customer. Of these three‚ two are older men who are experiencing extreme loneliness
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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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Comparison/Contrast Essay Status Quo: When one first looks at Scott Momaday ’s and Alfred Kazin ’s works it is not apparent that they have much in common. Destabilizing Condition: However‚ this is not true. They both speak about their surroundings in emotional ways. Cost: If we can ’t see the similarities and differences between these two stories then the reader will miss out on understanding. Thesis: Both authors discuss the memory of where they grew up as a special place that brings up for
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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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