Poetry is essentially derived from the manifesto of ideas, emotion and theories we hold as important. Moreover, symbolism, the representation of an idea through an object or person, can be used to condense the ideologies and perspectives of a specific society or individual into a poem. T.S. Eliot in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1910-1911) and "Portrait of a Lady" (1910 - 1915) endeavours to compact the understandings and values of the early 20th century Western society - such as femininity, spiritual and social anxiety - in his poetry through an extensive use of symbolism. Both poems were written at the height of Modernism, a time characterised by contradiction and eclecticism. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a dramatic monologue of an eponymous persona, who is greatly concerned with the way he is presented in terms of how he fits in with the expectations concerning masculinity in the Anglo-American society of 1910. We learn, by the end of the poem, that, in fact, he doesn't satisfy expectations. Similarly, "Portrait of a Lady" is a poem of a lady who ineffectively attempts to be accepted in a society in which women are marginalised. Eliot focuses on her unsuccessful relationship with a man as the poem spans over ten months. The world in which these poems are set is one of secularism and materialism. .
Ideas concerning femininity are consistently represented in both "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "Portrait of a Lady" through a wide collection of symbols. The ideas which govern how women should act were very much a part of society at the turn of the century. Women were seen to be deprived of individuality and agency. Social ideologies regarding femininity, such as - the deprivation of independence, inferiority and incapability - are strongly abided by in "Portrait". Symbols used by Eliot in this poem suggest that women are lesser and therefore alienated.
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Poetry is a form of art; it is one's imagination taking on the world at a certain era and place. ... T.S Eliot is an artist of such genre and his poetry is considered to be among the most powerful and influential works of all time. ... Throughout both poems, Eliot continuously portrays human life as debased. ... T.S Eliot is a revolutionary poet of his time. ... I agree that to a larger extent Eliot's poetry conveys human life as debased, fragmented and trivial. ...
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Alfred Prufrock" is an extraordinary masterpiece by T.S. Eliot. Eliot may possibly give us the essence of twenty-first century poetry. ... Alfred Prufrock" is a lovely piece of poetry written to describe a young man's attempt to find a common point with his date. ... T.S. ...
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It was a counter move against traditionalism in poetry, and modernist writers experimented with the poems style. ... One of the greatest writers of the period is Thomas Sterns Eliot. ... Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. ... In the fourth and last part of the first canto, Eliot makes references to Baudelaire, Dickens and Dante. ... In the poem, T.S. ...
It is not debated that T.S. Eliot was an extremely educated person in many fields of expertise. ... Eliot explicitly indicates that there is a betrayal of God in "The Waste Land." ... Eliot, being a scholar in countless areas, surely studied Indian philosophy. ... Therefore, it is not the actual religion which Eliot uses that is significant, but it is the message that Eliot hopes to convey with these religious allusions. ...
Our Whimpering World The world is a wasteland harboring hollow men "Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality" -T.S. Eliot Being an expatriate T.S. ... This is evident by Eliot's usage of the "fading star." ... It's unfortunate that these men can't reach God, but that is Eliot's point. ... As one of the "hollow men" Eliot is without hope. ...
