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The poetry of T.S. Eliot...

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  • 29-05-2007 12:02am
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    bright
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    Anyone seriously considering attempting this next wednesday?

    and if so what are you hoping to discuss in relation to his work? i am personally doing prufrock, preludes and journey of the magi, because i feel i have a contrst between the early and the later, believer eliot. I hope to discuss social degradation for preludes, but as for the other two im not sure what exactly would be most relevant. any thoughts?


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    JC 2K3
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    I might, haven't studied or done a question on him yet, so it would be a last resort in the exam.

    I liked Eliot at frist when we started studying him(JAP is amazing). But then he had to go all Christian on us, whcih kinda put me off him.


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    KnifeWRENCH
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    hes my third choice....if neither plath nor kavanagh come up (in which case,i will be very very angry:mad: ) then il answer on him...

    il prob. answer on prufrock, preludes, journey of the magi and aunt helen,simply because theyre the only four i know well.i completely do not understand "a game of chess" its so confusing! :confused: but if the question is any way related to nature (which i cant imagine happening) il throw in somthing on usk and rannoch (we didnt actualy study "usk" but il prob. look at it before the exam)


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    dan719
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    Wait until Lilmizzme sees this thread, she will probably post up an answer!:D

    The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock
    The Waste Land: A Game of Chess
    Aunt Helen

    And of course a paragraph about the influence of modernism on his poetry(or his poetry as the creation of modernism) with cpoious quoting of his essay 'Tradition and the Individual Talent'.


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    analyse this
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    He's my first choice:D Then Plath and Frost.


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    Naikon
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    His work sucks donkey balls and out of preference, I would never choose to write about his pseudo intellect crap.
    I hope he doesent make an appearance on paper two this year.


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    colm-ccfc84
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    If Yeats is not on, I will probably do Eliot ( provided he is on!)


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    Thomas_S_Hunterson
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    He's myfirst choice, by far the most interesting poet on the course and one whom I could write books on sothe 5/6 pages in the exam shouldn't be a problem.


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    brianthebard
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    Naikon wrote:
    His work sucks donkey balls and out of preference, I would never choose to write about his pseudo intellect crap.
    I hope he doesent make an appearance on paper two this year.


    Better tell the Nobel people to revoke his prize then! Eliot is a good poet, but he is very very complex and dense. I didn't have enough time to focus on The Wasteland so fair play to anyone who is going to tackle his work.


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    JC 2K3
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    Any comments of Naikon's towards poetry are generally ignored ;)


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    brianthebard
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    Truffles. :D


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    Naikon
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    Well...I was a little harsh in that remark.
    I would say he is an Excellent poet alongside the likes of Yeats, but I think they are out of my league so I am "embittered", but are probably better to answer on If you are A1 standard for example.
    God damm cramming is killing me so excuse my narkiness;/


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