Category: Poetry
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A Close Reading of T.s. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a modern journey into and dissection of the mind of a society man, J. Alfred Prufrock. Prufrock is pushed in two opposite directions by his desires: his desire to have the favor of the woman he admires from afar, and his desire to protect himself…
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A Verbal Portrait of Sexuality in Gertrude Stein’s Preciosilla
As with many poems, an initial read-through of Gertrude Stein’s Preciosilla may leave many readers bewildered as to what her intent or message may be. From a technical perspective, it is difficult to make sense of the language because the entire poem consists of unrelated words that are constantly juxtaposed, and Stein does not adhere…
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The Issue of The Welfare of Children in The Poems of William Blake
The most effective poems use a specific everyday issue to portray deeper, timeless ideas. This means that the poet’s contemporary audience can relate to the issue, while future audiences can relate to the idea. William Blake’s poetry is enjoyed by modern readers, even though its subject matter is that of the 18th and 19th century.…
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Research of G. Brooks’s “The Bean Eaters”
Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem “The Bean Eaters” highlights the loneliness and poverty of an old couple, people who have been forgotten by pretty much everyone. They have been forgotten by their kids who have grown up and moved out; they have been forgotten by the society and the government who kind of ignore the economic inequalities…
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Analysis of Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
In T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” Prufrock is a man who is emotionally in conflict with himself. Although Prufrock is growing old, he feels the need to attract women but scares of being rejected or having an unstable relationship as in the past. Prufrock shows that he really concerns about his…
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Heart Full of Love: Thematic Analysis of Corso’s “Marriage”
Born in New York City in 1930, Gregory Corso became one of the leading voices of the beat movement. In his signature works, there are the wild thoughts of Gregory Corso himself, flowing out of his head. Having a conversation with himself, coming up with the different situations he might be put in if he…
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The Self Esteem of J. Alfred Prufrock
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Elliot, depicts the thoughts of a modern day Hamlet. It follows, what seems like, the typical evening with Mr. Prufrock. He is a man that often loses himself in his own mind, efficiently losing his ability to commit to any action, out of the fear of…
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A Walk with Prufrock
T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is the story a man contemplating emergence from his solitude into the world, a man capsized by the fear of being misunderstood. In this poem Eliot employs the quest motif in an ironic fashion to explore one man’s internal struggle in an “etherized” society. Through a…
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The Extent to What The Image of War is Far from Reality
How often does the average person hear the truth about war? See the destruction and lives it takes? Does the media show the bodies lying on the roads lifeless and dismembered? Or is it only those who fight the wars and are on the frontlines that have to experience the heartache and destruction that is…
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Prufrock’s Social Anxiety
Though the poem is specifically about Alfred Prufrock, it embodies the idea that every modern person struggles with these social barriers at some point in life. Eliot’s skillful use of repetition, rhyme, assonance, and imagery present a picture of a modern, single man who is tormented by his inability to communicate, his life-long search for…