T.S. Eliot’s poem "Journey of the Magi" interprets the wisemens’ trip to go see baby Jesus from a different perspective than most of us are used to hearing. The biblical version that is most popular doesn’t seem to mention anything bad or difficult about the journey that they made. The wisemen had a lot going against them to make their traveling terrible. It was in the winter‚ they rode on smelly camels‚ and the upset camel men were no comfort to the wandering Magi’s. In the first part of the poem
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importance of tradition in poetry and the poet‚ and how does criticism‚ in order to be honest‚ should detach the poet from the poetry‚ and not only criticism should practice this‚ but the poet itself‚ so to achieve a mature poetic composition and the tradition and sense of continuity and community with the past and present poets and poetry. Analysis: In the first part of the essay‚ Eliot states that tradition involves historical sense which is fundamental for the poet. The historical sense makes a man aware
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means “penitent’s spiritual sorrow for the sins he has committed” and it necessarily includes hatred for such sins‚ as well as the determination to avoid them in the future. In the first stanza‚ this “spiritual sorrow” is apparent by the contrast Eliot uses‚ of the Magi’s difficult journey. In fact‚ the central focus of criticism has been on the journey; the “A cold coming…” (Line 1) during “…the worst time of the year…” (Line 2)‚ emphasizing the climatic statement of the stanza: “A hard time we
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Thomas Stearns Eliot & Why He Writes Poetry 6 The Poem That Made His Name 8 Understanding Poetry 9 The Qualities of Poetry 10 Poetry 12 Line by Line Analysis of “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock” 14 The Speaker 24 Setting 25 Characters 26 Themes 27 CHAPTER III: CONCLUSION Conclusion Recommendation REFERENCES RESEARCH OUTLINE Thesis Statement: Thorough Analysis of the poem; The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot‚ by studying
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John Donne ’s position as a revered and respected poet is not unjustified. The depth and breath of literary works written about him along with the esteemed position he held among his comtemporaries is evidence of his popularity. As a metaohysical poet his poetry was frequently abstract and theoritical and he utilised poetry to display his learning and above all his wit. He was most certainly an innovative love poet who moved away from the Shakespearian focus on form intensely literary style. He was
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to their originality and uniqueness. However‚ as T.S Eliot in ‘Tradition and the Individual Talent’ and Harold Bloom in The Anxiety of Influence suggest‚ a writer should not be evaluated in these terms‚ but rather‚ on how he produces art by acknowledging his predecessors. Nevertheless‚ they declare that the poet must not imitate blindly previous poets. Henceforth‚ this essay will aim to portray further the ideas put forth my Bloom and T.S. Eliot‚ showing comparisons and contrasts in their arguments
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T.S. Elliot is explaining that fear is invaluable and we put too much time into the concept of “fear”. He uses the notion of fear in “I will show you fear in a handful of dust” which explains that it (fear) is often exaggerated which is why it has being compared to the very simple object of dust. This quote also uses concepts of day and night to describe how one’s perspective can change “Your shadow at morning striding behind you Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you” meaning that your shadow
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In this paper I will explain The Form‚ The Structure and The Meaning in the Preludes I through IV written by T.S. Eliot. Form is the metrical and stanziac organization of a poem. T.S. Eliot write the first Prelude in a 13-line stanza. He writes the second Prelude in Cinquains. He uses 15 stanza form in Prelude three. For Prelude four he uses 9-Quatrain-Tercet. I believe that he wrote these Preludes in Traditional writting because it has metrics and stanziac writtings and Candence which
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FEATURES OF THE METAPHYSICAL POETRY ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN DONNE The term "metaphysical poetry" is used to describe a certain type of 17th century poetry. Metaphysical poetry is concerned with the whole experience of man. It means that the poetry is about showing knowledge and thoughts from different areas of experience‚ especially about love‚ romantic and sensual; about man’s relationship with God and about pleasure‚ learning and art. Metaphysical poems are lyric
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explored in both TS Eliot’s‚ The love song and Preludes and it is explored though many poetic techniques including repetition and animal imagry. In both of these poems the persona is alienated from himself and from society. One of the ways that the poet explores alienation is though the use of imagry. He compares him to a cat‚ an insect stuck to the wall and a crab. This in turn is him degrading him to the level of an animal which is seen as inferior to a human being. For example in line 58 he compares
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