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T.S Eliot and Emily Dickinson, 2005.
A review of T.S Eliot's evaluation of the private life of Emily Dickinson.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper analyzes how the author T.S. Eliot evaluated the highly private life of the poet Emily Dickinson. It looks at how T. S. Eliot evaluated Dickinson as a private individual that refused to be tainted by society and literary norms within 19th century poetry.
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"This study will analyze how the author T.S. Eliot evaluated the highly private life of the poet Emily Dickinson. In her poetic career, Dickinson was a private individual who refused social contact with her neighbors. By isolating herself from the community, her inward 'eye' of the soul could focus to a greater degree on her poetry. In this manner, T. S. Eliot evaluated Dickinson as a private individual that refused to be tainted by society and literary norms within 19th century poetry. Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 and resided in Amherst, Massachusetts for all of her life. She was considered talented in her studies at Amherst Academy and Holyoke Female Seminary, forging an education that gave her the writing skills that would eventually become poetic masterpieces in American literature. "
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"The Wasteland" by T.S. Eliot, 2008.
An analysis of death and the destruction of passion in T. S. Eliot's poem, "The Wasteland."
2,131 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper analyzes T. S. Eliot's the epic poem, "The Wasteland." It describes the scenes of loneliness and oppression, sexual gratification and the inability to feel emotions that can be found in the poem. The paper shows how T.S. Eliot wanted us to not only take a closer look at human nature and the relevance of the negativity that come along within life, but also for society to take a closer look at itself and examine our own lives and our own mortality.
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""Death by Water" is the fourth section of this poem. It once again gives us a scene of humankind facing its own mortality. "Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, / Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell/and profit and loss. /A current under sea/Picked his bones in whispers" (Eliot, ll. 312-316). Here we encounter Phlebas the Phoenician as he has just died. He floats through the underworld of the sea and is losing everything that once mattered to him, including his body. Even though this is the shortest section of this poem, what we have to notice is that it takes a turn from the other three that started it. This section introduces up to a man who is in reality dead. Before, Eliot alluded to the fact that the people within the previous three sections were dead on the inside and alive in reality. "Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you" (Eliot, l. 321). Yet, with this sudden change of reality, the reader takes notice to the fact that Eliot seems to be asking the reader to not only consider their own mortality, but also consider the lives that they are entangled in and at the same time numb too."
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The Poetics of Plato and T. S. Eliot, 2008.
A comparative analysis of the poetic views of Plato and T. S. Eliot.
2,566 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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Through an examination of Plato's "Republic" and ""Ion" and T.S. Eliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent" this paper attempts to compare Plato's and Eliot's views on poetry. The paper discusses how Plato saw poetry as a claim to truth that he rejected as a subjective interpretation of the world at best, falling further away from any knowledge claims with every successive interpretation. The paper then compares Plato's view with T.S. Eliot's view, which places poetry within a tradition that is informed by the past as well as the cultural present, a collectivity that mitigates the poet's subjective experiences and functions as an objective correlation between art and the world.
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"In the Ionic dialog, Plato examines the interpretation of poetry by the rhapsodes, and attempts to establish the grounds by which this interpretation is enacted. Through the character of Socrates, Plato interrogates Ion, a professional rhapsode; one who recites poetry for an audience and also interprets passages for them. Ion's ethos is established through his achievements, recently winning first prize at the festival of Asclepius at Epidaurus as well as being "crowned with a golden crown by the Homeridae" for how well he "embellished Homer". Ion proceeds to admit that, while he is an expert on Homer, he knows very little about other poets. As the poets often deal with much the same subject matter, Socrates exposes a problem with Ion's interpretation of these texts; he is not an expert qualified to critically assess the content of the works, only Homer's usage."
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T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land", 2006.
Examines the opposing concepts of the meaning of 'waste' conveyed in T.S. Eliot's poem, "The Waste Land".
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 1 source, $ 89.95
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'Waste' can mean both a dry, infertile, inhospitable place, or the failure to make productive use of one's resources. This paper examines how T.S. Eliot's poem, "The Waste Land", embodies both of each seemingly diametrically opposed concepts to describe the social, cultural and spiritual dislocation in Europe following the First World War. Although modern life and culture may be seen to suffer from exile in a land of waste, such eras may be cyclical, and his brilliant use of fragmentary allusions suggests that the best of the past may foreshadow a brighter future.
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"By setting 'Waste' off as a separate word from 'Land', Eliot suggests to the reader that the various meanings of the term are key to an understanding of his message. Rather than referring to a wasteland (in the conventional sense of "desert"), the poem instead centers on the concept of a land both of desolation and of conspicuous, indiscriminate consumption, a land whose resources are not utilized but rather discarded on a purulent cultural garbage dump. The rich allusions within the poem both contrast and relate these seemingly opposed concepts. The first segment, 'Burial of the Dead', introduces the theme of the turning of the seasons, and more importantly, the theme of cyclical regeneration. In nature, waste is irrelevant. Although death occurs in all forms of life, the bodies of the dead furnish the hope of renewal to other living creatures. "
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T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", 2006.
This literary study examines the theme of alienation in T.S. Eliot's poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper analyzes the poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", by T.S. Eliot in relation to the theme of alienation and self-preservation. By actively analyzing the poetic details of this abstract relationship to the world that Prufrock possesses, one can realize his inherent sense of fear and timidity toward women. This sense of romantic fear manifests itself in poor negative images, which the narrator constantly brings forth.
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"By understanding how Prufrock lives within a harsh and cruel urban environment, it becomes clear that this is not the only reason why the narrator feels alienated from other people. By realizing the issue of self-preservation as a means to protect oneself from the hardships of life or in risk taking, Prufrock is utterly hopeless in that he cannot make himself vulnerable to human relationships. In essence, the theme of alienation has many parallel depths in regards to self-preservation that will be analyzed within the poetic study."
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T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets", 2002.
An examination of how T. S. Eliot's series of poems, "Four Quartets" illustrate human beings in a cosmic way.
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This paper discusses universal consciousness versus individual consciousness in T. S. Eliot's poems "Four Quartets." He quotes whole stanzas from all of these poems. He discusses the limits imposed by language of human endeavors in "The Dry Salvages" discussing how the poet's life is always a part of a larger human consciousness, vis-a-vis God and suffering.
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"If there is ambiguity to Eliot?s poetic project of attempting to encapsulate the limits of human endeavors into the limited medium of human language, this is intensified even further in ?The Dry Salvages.? The third section of the poem is paradoxically devoted to water and spiritual dryness. The river is called ?useful,? and yet also ?untrustworthy.? Water is fluid, yet reflects the relentless spiritual monotony of human life"
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T. S. Eliot's "Preludes", 2004.
An analysis of the imagery, language and verse form T. S. Eliot uses in "Preludes" with occasional comparisons to "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
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This essay analyses the way T. S. Eliot expresses his view on modern urban life and his feelings of social classes and society using what seems to be simple imagery with a more complex underlying meaning to them. It examines how the series of poems in "Preludes" (I, II, III, IV) offer a more detailed exploration of the poem, showing how modern city life and its dwellers are void of spirituality and meaning.
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"The adjective of ?smoky? suggests a lack of vision and emphasises the feeling of loss of vitality together with the presence of urban squalor. Eliot joins images of decadence and disintegration with images that we usually associate with the modern urban surroundings, such as ?steaks? and ?cigarettes.? He places these ordinary images onto a context that suggests a criticism of the modern world and lifestyle, which he emphasises with images of dirt and decay, such as ?The grimy scraps.? The image of ?withered leaves? again point to the winter motif, creating a clear picture of death and decline. Eliot is not only referring to leaves here, but uses this image, through association, to connect to the general idea of loss of meaning in the modern urban world, exposing a world that is falling apart."
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T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", 2005.
A character sketch of J. Alfred Prufrock, the main character in T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".
1,082 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper provides an analysis of the character of J. Alfred Prufrock in T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". The paper depicts Prufrock's fears, insecurities and views in the society he lives in and uses quotes and lines from the poem to support the analysis.
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"J. Alfred Prufrock, the main character in the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", by T.S. Eliot, appears to be an unhappy man aware of his weaknesses and riddled with self doubts. Prufrock is portrayed as someone who is in despair and helpless. He feels as if he has never accomplished anything in his life and is painfully aware of his failures: "For I have known them all already, known them all:/ Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,/ I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;/ I know the voices dying with a dying fall/ Beneath the music from a farther room/ So how should I presume?" (Eliot, 1917, Lines 55-60). This awareness of his failures is what puts Prufrock in despair: "But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed,/ Though I have seen my head [grown slightly bald] brought in upon a platter,/ I am no prophet-and here's no great matter." (Eliot, 1917, Lines 87-89). He mocks himself for being too weak and too helpless to turn his life around. This very helplessness fills him with panic and despair: "When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,/ Then how should I begin/ To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?/ And how should I presume?" (Eliot, 1917, Lines 64-67). Prufrock, to put it bluntly, is clueless on how to start over and to pick up the pieces. He perceives himself as doomed to his fate: "Till human voices wake us, and we drown." (Eliot, 1917, Line 138), "I do not think they will sing to me." (Eliot, 1917, Line 131)."
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Despair in the Works of T.S. Eliot, 2006.
A discussion regarding the theme of despair apparent in the work of T.S. Eliot.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 6 sources, $ 106.95
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This paper discusses how T. S. Eliot's works speak both frequently and eloquently of both personal and global despair. It is not until later in his writing career, however, when he has matured as a person and as a writer before hope becomes an aspect of that element of despair. The paper further discusses how this sense of hope comes with the return to some degree of personal comfort on Eliot's part.
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"T.S. Eliot's works offer a compelling vision of the nature of despair. This despair is evident on a personal level, as in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," and on a global level, as in "The Wasteland." Yet his Quartets, particularly "East Coker" and "Little Gidding" speak of hope that can arise from the question of "what might have been" and the overwhelming presence of despair. It is interesting to note that as the decades progress, Eliot's works move from an internal examination of despair, to the confusion and horror that accompanied a post-World War I world, and, finally, to the hope that began to develop in the despair that was World War II. Is this change simply the work of a maturing author? Or has Eliot's point of view been shaped by a changing worldview?"
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T.S. Eliot, 2005.
A review of T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J Alfred" and The Journey of the Magi."
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses the moods and themes in two poems by T.S. Eliot: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "The Journey of the Magi." It also considers how Eliot's literary techniques are used in the poems.
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"The purpose of this essay is to examine the ways that poet T S Eliot conveys moods and themes in two poems. The poems selected for analysis are The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock and The Journey of the Magi. Both the poems ..."
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T.S. Eliot, 2005.
This paper analyzes an article by T.S. Eliot on poetry and language.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper explores an article by T.S. Eliot on poetry and language. The paper discusses Eliot's thesis that a great poet is one who makes the most of the language that is given him and explores his contention that English is the richest language for writing poetry.
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"T. S. Eliot stated that art as Goethe said is in limitation and a great poet is one who makes the most of the language that is given him. What Eliot further argues is that the truly great poet makes his language a great language."
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"Preludes" by T.S. Eliot, 2006.
A review of the poem "Preludes" by T.S. Eliot.
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This paper reviews and discusses the poem "Preludes" by T.S. Eliot. The paper discusses how in this poem, Eliot addresses his thoughts to the second-person hearer. The paper then highlights examples of this style of writing and analyzes the intent of the author.
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"Part IV then reconnects the hearer with his world. The poet moves back to a collective vision of the world. The line "At four and five and six o'clock" signifies the cyclic nature of the mediocre, everyday, dirty events with which the human world concerns itself. At the end of this stanza, the whole of the world is connected with the part of the individual hearer. The individual is shown the context of his insight: the world is cyclic; each event, through the dirt, repeats.
Despite this, the poet does not seem to suggest that the individual should attempt to clean what is not clean. Instead, he suggests that there is comfort in the cycle. Instead of despite, the comfort exists as the very result of the grimy nature of the cycle: There is for the speaker, the hearer, and the world of which they are a part "The notion of some infinitely gentle/ Infinitely suffering thing".
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T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", 2008.
A review of the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot
958 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper reviews T.S Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", noting Eliot's fascination with Dante. The author addresses the structure of the poem and at the same time, expands on what the poet says, explaining the references used in the poem.
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"T.S. Eliot was a poet and critic and a knowledgeable scholar of literature and many other fields, and he shaped much of his poetry by including allusions to other literary works as well as references to even more esoteric knowledge from history, theology, and occult studies. Such references create meaningful associations between Eliot's work and the source of the reference, expanding on the direct meaning of the words in a variety of ways."
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T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land - An Analysis of 'The Fire Sermon', 2003.
A literary analysis of a short passage (20-50 lines) from T. S. Eliot's poem "The Waste Land".
2,129 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper analyzes 'The Fire Sermon' - a short passage from the poem "The Waste Land", by T. S. Eliot. This paper looks at the story of Oedipus from which the character of Tiresias is drawn, and discusses the definite links between Sophocles' imagery of a barren and plague-stricken Thebes and the wasteland depicted by Eliot. The writer discusses the idea of human behaviour as an empty mechanism in relation to this passage of "The Waste Land". The writer suggests that this particular passage can be seen as a portrait of the human condition as Eliot saw it in pre-war England.
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"T.S. Eliot's poem, The Waste Land is described as '[...]a study of a civilisation doomed by its own sterility'. Throughout The Waste Land, Eliot can be seen to suggest this through his fragmentation of the narrative and using a series of different voices, each of them serving to juxtapose the relative richness of the past to the sterile wasteland of the present. It is not, though, until we reach the mid-point of the poem that we are introduced to the character of Tiresias as a narrator, both man and woman, that all of these voices are unified, and one can begin to metaphorically put the pieces together and find the root cause of this wasteland. It is not until this is considered that one can consider whether this civilisation is truly doomed."
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The Poetics of T. S. Eliot and Dylan Thomas, 2005.
This paper compares the personalities and traditions in the poetics of T. S. Eliot and Dylan Thomas.
1,205 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper explains that the poetics of Dylan Thomas and T. S. Eliot demonstrate the manner in which Thomas challenges and re-figures the previous aesthetic ideas of Eliot. The author points out that, whereas Eliot views tradition as a cultural accumulation of literary works within which the writer participates, Thomas shatters these historical bonds. The paper relates that, although both authors strive to achieve an emotional complexity and depth in their work, Thomas refuses the sublimation of the poet's personality to the literary medium by embracing the medium itself with the entirety of his personality and composition as an act of celebration rather than repression. The author underscores that, through his playful love of all the elements and structures of language, Thomas is able to achieve an emotional depth rooted in the medium of literature without the sacrifice of the poet's personality.
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"The value Eliot places upon tradition necessitates the depersonalization of the poet and the perfection of the medium of language to sufficiently express the concentration of the past and its convergence with the experience of the present. The personal experiences and emotions of the poet are too subjective to contain the enormity of what the present represents to literary history, so therefore he must engage in "a continual surrender of himself as he is at the moment to something which is more valuable." The poet is envisioned as a catalyst that collects and transforms his emotions and experiences into a new compound that is greater than the sum of its parts."
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