what ways is Eliot’s ‘The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock’‚ an example of modernist writing? Discuss this in relationship to form as well as content. Although TS Eliot’s The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock contains many of the stylistic conventions that are now associated with modernist poetry‚ TS Eliot’s position on the established art forms and religious hierarchy that many writers of his generation rejected‚ and how this influenced Eliot’s composition of Prufrock‚ is highly debatable. In Modernism:
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Across the poem “ Do I dare?” (Eliot 38‚46‚121) and “Should I presume?” (Eliot 54‚61‚68) appears multiple times. The reason for the repetition of these rhetorical questions is to emphasize the question if he should do something or dare to do it. These questions support how ambiguous Prufrock is in making choices in his life. Critics that analyzed this specific poem found the repetitions was confusing. “The narrative line founders and is
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(Love song‚ with two goldfish.) The poem‚ “love song‚ with two goldfish” by Grace Chua is about a romantic relationship of two goldfish that unlike a lot of love stories does not result in a happy ending. It seems as though in this poem‚ humans have been replaced with two goldfish; a man and a woman with very different wants and needs which ends in the woman leaving the man for ‘something more’‚ something that he cannot offer. The title of the poem‚ ‘love song…’ straightaway informs the
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WITH LOVE… (A collection of poems) From the writer of (The Thin Line) Hadiza Bagudu Copyright © Hadiza Bagudu 2008 All Rights Reserved CHAPTER ONE LOVE RUMOR HAS IT Rumor has it That you have got a thing for me That you care But we both know that There is no smoke without fire I know you watch me Every time I walk by Without looking I can feel the smile I look your way And you tried to hide From your blushing eyes I know you are mine Your deep brown eyes And your dazzling
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“Runaway Love” Ludacris does a remarkable job of portraying his message about the struggles that some adolescents are faced with. “Runaway Love”‚ by Ludacris‚ featuring Mary J. Blige (2007)‚ represents the theme of struggle through hip-hop and rap music. It is about little girls who are “stuck up in the world on their own.” They have to take care of themselves because the people they are around do not care about them. They range from nine to eleven years in age‚ and their goal in life‚ at such a
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In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚" T. S. Eliot reveals the silent insecurity of a man‚ for whom the passing of time indicates the loss of virility and confidence. Throughout the poem‚ Prufrock struggles with his fear of inadequacy‚ which surfaces socially‚ physically and romantically. The desire to ask some "overwhelming question‚" of the one he wants is outweighed by his diffidence‚ reinforcing his belief in his shortcomings. Ultimately‚ this poem is the internal soliloquy of someone who
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Monique Green October 30‚ 2012 Eng 121 Bethann Crust The internet is a great place for people to communicate. It has been a great hobby for some and a good opportunity for some businesses. In today’s world there are many ways that we can communicate or even reconnect with people; two of the most popular ways are Face book and Twitter. There are two main differences in Face book and Twitter‚ social relationship and update status. First‚ Face book is an ongoing system that is designed for
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scorned in love is something that most everyone will face. There are those that place blame on the lover‚ and then there are those that place blame on love itself. The narrator of Love Armed places the blame on both. The verse is written for a lover that does not reciprocate the narrator’s affections. The title produces an image before the poem has even started. Love Armed‚ a larger-than-life figure sits‚ surrounded by weapons as though to protect itself from the pain and heartbreak that love can cause
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beginning of T. S. Eliot’ s poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚ there stands an epigraph from Dante’s Inferno‚ Canto 27. This epigraph unifies the text and brings‚ through its imagery and context‚ a deeper understanding of Eliot’s poem. Prufrock represents both of the characters in this section of the Inferno‚ corresponding to Dante in the first section and Guido da Montefeltro in the second and third. Dante represents the antithesis of Prufrock as well as the ideal that Prufrock strives for. The flame-bound
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In the poem‚ “(love song‚ with two goldfish)” by Grace Chua‚ the author describes the evolution of a young romance between two goldfish with its consequential rise and fall using imagery and metaphors. From the title we can automatically understand what the poem will be about and the parenthesis give an image of the shape of the fishbowl‚ creating a setting. The title is not capitalized because it is not just a statement‚ but is in fact part of a story that is constantly evolving and has many aspects
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