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This paper discusses how the poem "Preludes" by T.S. Eliot describes the Industrial Revolution city, characterized by its dark and dingy streets. The paper relates that the poem acts as a prelude to the day,
describing the night and the coming of the rising sun and addresses how with daylight people change into their outside selves. In particular, the paper discusses the free verse used in the poem, the meaning of the title, and how the stanzas and verses are written

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""Preludes," written in free verse, has four clearly numbered sections and six stanzas. The first three sections each consist of only one stanza, while the final section holds three stanzas. Each stanza changes the pronoun used: the first section speaks of first-person "us"; the second section uses a third-person "one" form; the third uses a second person "you" form; and the forth section uses third person "his" in the first stanza, and then it switches to first person in the final two stanzas. These changes in pronouns enable each section to describe a different experience, from a different perspective. The first section describes the evening settling down; the second section discusses the morning awaking; the third section describes a young woman rising; the final section describes the street and the darkness and the speaker's own hope and optimism."

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