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PRELUDESappeals to the senses in 4 OVERALL MESSAGE: THE
small poems that make up USE OF THE SENSES (SEE,
a larger poem. Preludes SMELL, ETC.) HIGHLIGHTS
was written as a pretext
modernist by T.S Eliot 1888- 1965 THE THE REALITY OF THE
writes about how mankind's souls have deteriorated
CITY LIFE. IT SHOWS HOW
to the book Eliot wrote: I
CITY LIFE DEPLETES A
'wastelands'
Thesetswinter evening settles down personification
the scene
PERSONS SOUL
FIRST PRELUDE: THE BREAKING DOWN OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT
With smell of steaks in passageways.
shows the overcrowdedness of the place- the nauseating stench of co-existence
Six o’clock. abrupt: giving more setting information
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
metaphor comparing life to the burnt-out end of a cigarette bud.
And now a gusty shower wraps
the rain cant even help, it only makes the dirty place worse.
The grimy scraps
it does not clean anything.
emotive words- show the lifelessness of the city
Of withered leaves about your feet
And newspapers from vacantthelots; litter engulfs your feet
it's empty and invasive- lonely
The aggressive
showers beat
alliteration
On broken blinds and chimney-pots,
bad conditions- literally and figuratively: society visibly doesn't care
And at the corner of the street
A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps.
reiterating the loneliness and emptiness- its a dehumanising system
And then the lighting of the lamps.
change in tone: there's a glimmer of life coming from the lamps
a sense of hope
II
SECOND PRELUDE: STRIPS MAN OF HIS INDIVIDUALITY
The morning comes toaconsciousness
reflection of the city's people, they are recovering from the day before
personification- the morning is waking up
Of faint stale smells of beerwhat happened yesterday
the word consciousness: shows a drunken slow awakening
*disillusioned hope: tomorrow will be the same
From the asawdust-trampled street
filthy image that evokes despair
With all its muddy feet that press its busy, with many people
Totemporary:
early coffee-stands.
it highlights the monotony of their existence
With the other the masquerades
city's people wear masks: they wear a fake façade amongst each other
That time resumes,
its ongoing and repetitive- never ending
One thinks of all the hands a hand is one part of the body & represents a whole:
the hand representing mankind: is caught up in a busy world (metonomy/ synecdoche )
That are raising dingy shades
the shades being raised lets light in and creates a sense of hope
In a thousand furnished rooms. *the city is drained from identity & uniqueness
they all look the same
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