The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is a beautifully written‚ but yet somewhat sad poem by poet T. S. Eliot. It tells the inner thoughts of a lonely man who is seeking love of a woman‚ but his own fear of rejection causes him to stray from following through with the action. The poem title itself is very ironic because the character himself is fearful‚ anti-heroic and unromantic. For someone who is in love‚ wants to find love‚ or wants to be in love they have to be courageous and willing to take whatever
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Individual Close Reading of a Poem Elements of Literature--Poetry Luigina Madison ENG125/Literature in Society March 4‚ 2013 Professor Jaclyn M. Fowler Introduction Imagination‚ literary conventions‚ and recognition of specific poetic devices can introduce even the most novices of poetic readers to a level of comprehension that might have been overlooked in casual reading. Most tend to read through a poem without putting much thought into the details and the purpose of those
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In the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot‚ the main character‚ J. Alfred Prufrock is seen as an anti-hero. His character and identity comes through strongly in the poem as a shy and introverted man who is socially inept‚ extremely self conscious‚ lacking in self confidence and wallowing in self-pity‚ yet desiring for people to notice him. The composer shows this through his use of allusions‚ powerful imagery to create vignettes of Prufrock’s life and the form of the poem as
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How to Paint Your Own Pottery Are you looking for a fun and creative pass time? Painting personalized ceramic artwork can become a family-friendly hobby. There are now over 1200 paint-your-own pottery studios spread out along the United States; there is bound to be one near you. The concept may seem overwhelming if you consider yourself not to be creative. Learn step-by-step how easy it can be to create a one of a kind hand painted pottery piece in a studio set up specifically for helping you learn
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Gerrit Dou: Dou was a follower and apprentice to the famous Dutch painter Rembrandt. He often used the themes that Rembrandt painted for his own works. This piece‚ the Old Woman Reading a Bible (c.1630) is very similar to Rembrandt’s own Old Woman Reading (1631). Dou was very similar to Rembrandt in style‚ he seems to be more detailed and meticulous in his execution. His scenes of domestic‚ bourgeois life were tremendously popular. The woman is in this painting seems to be sitting in near-darkness
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Julia Brooks 3/31/17 Period 4 Is it Worth it All? Is love worth the heartbreak? This is a question that every person has asked at least once in their life. If you could go back and forget every moment you had with someone so that you wouldn’t feel the pain of losing them‚ would you? The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot explores this question through Prufrock who is on a journey through life and whose anxieties separate him from the rest of society. Prufrock’s fear of judgment debilitates
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When discussing Frida Kahlo’s work it is plane to see her Mexican culture and her catholic up bringing but it also reflects her personal life with her husband and her tram accident and other events that have effected her in her life. All of these things we easily demonstrated by her diary‚ and her artworks with symbolism. When discussing the symbolism in Frieda’s art work the Broken Colum and the two Kahlo’s are a good example of the symbolism that she uses. Growing up in a Mexican heritage in
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T.S Eliot’s use of adjectives in the opening stanza of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” gives an impression of Prufock’s loneliness‚ desire for love‚ and nervousness that develops throughout the poem. In the opening stanza‚ Prufrock describes the city on his way to a social-lites’ party. In his mind‚ Prufrock imagines himself being in the slums of town and gives a pessimistic description based on how he felt. Prufrock has an interior monologue and refers to himself in the line‚ “Let us go‚ through
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“The importance of Modernism was in its ability to unite the masses by illuminating common feelings of disillusionment and rebellion through artistic forms.” Argue with reference to two poems of T.S Eliot and one additional text of you choosing. Rebellion and Disillusionment were fundamental feelings expressed by Western society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They came about as a result of a myriad of factors including; industrialisation‚ urbanisation‚ technological advances‚ militaristic
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Kenneth Slessor was a well known Australian poet whom was also an official correspondent during the second World War. Slessor was born on the 27th of March 1901 in Orange‚ New South Wales. Kenneth Slessor was one of Australia’s leading poets. He was notable particularly for the absorption of modernist influences into the Australian poetry. William Street and Beach Burial are the two poems that contain such techniques which shape significant ideas in Slessor’s poetry. William Street is a poem
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