"The Waste Land" by T.S. Elliot
This was probably the hardest poem I have ever tried to read. One was becasue it was pretty long, but another reasoning behind this was because I had trouble following all of the jumps and details in this poem. I'm the kind of person who likes an exact answer, so this poem definitely didn't fit that criteria. When Elliot talks about the four seasons in the beginning of the poem, I thought it was interesting how he considered April to be the "cruelest" of the months. When thinking about this month in greater detail, I thought this might be because of the storms that cause damage. However, living in west Texas really gives us a different point of view because we are always desperate for the rain that April brings. I personally think T.S. Elliot has a unique brain because some of the thoughts that he portrays through this poem are very broad yet interesting.
Week 7: Thursday, March 1st
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Elliot
In this poem, Prufrock makes me get the cringing feeling of embarrassment because he is obviously not the greatest charm. From my understanding of the poem, he is speaking to a possible lover who he wants to be with so badly, but tries to force it in all the wrong ways. It seems that he wants to try and go for her so badly, but he knows in the back of his mind that this sterotypical man that he is could never find the ability within himself to charm this woman. I feel like he has all of these images and day dreams in his head of what it would be like if they were together, so it makes it almost seem real to him. He repeats, "And would it have been worth it, after all," many times because he is contemplating over all of the things he sees them doing. This poem exerts many emotions, and I think T.S. Elliot did a great job of using many metaphors and comparison that really makes the poem unique.
In this poem, Prufrock makes me get the cringing feeling of embarrassment because he is obviously not the greatest charm. From my understanding of the poem, he is speaking to a possible lover who he wants to be with so badly, but tries to force it in all the wrong ways. It seems that he wants to try and go for her so badly, but he knows in the back of his mind that this sterotypical man that he is could never find the ability within himself to charm this woman. I feel like he has all of these images and day dreams in his head of what it would be like if they were together, so it makes it almost seem real to him. He repeats, "And would it have been worth it, after all," many times because he is contemplating over all of the things he sees them doing. This poem exerts many emotions, and I think T.S. Elliot did a great job of using many metaphors and comparison that really makes the poem unique.
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