This Shit Eliot Flashcards
(25 cards)
‘Do I dare? Do I dare?’ — Analysis?
Themes: Paralysis, Alienation. Techniques: RQ, Repetition. Reflects indecision and fear of judgement.
‘I have measured out my life with coffee spoons’ — Analysis?
Themes: Alienation, Inertia, Spiritual Decay. Techniques: Metaphor, Symbolism. Life reduced to routine and emptiness.
‘I should have been a pair of ragged claws’ — Analysis?
Themes: Inertia, Alienation. Techniques: Metaphor, Zoomorphism. Desire to escape modern identity and responsibility.
Structural feature of Prufrock and how it reflects the themes?
Fragmented monologue mirrors fractured psyche and paralysis.
Context behind Prufrock?
Eliot’s early anxiety and spiritual confusion; influenced by Symbolism and modern society.
‘The burnt-out ends of smoky days’ — Analysis?
Themes: Spiritual Decay, Alienation. Techniques: Metaphor, Imagery. Reflects moral exhaustion of city life.
‘With the other masquerades / That time resumes’ — Analysis?
Themes: Alienation, Inertia. Techniques: Metaphor, Symbolism. Social roles are hollow and cyclical.
‘Assured of certain certainties’ — Analysis?
Themes: Alienation, Spiritual Decay. Techniques: Irony, Alliteration. Critique of blind routine.
Structural feature of Preludes and thematic link?
Cyclical vignettes reflect monotony and fragmentation of urban existence.
Context of Preludes?
Eliot’s observation of industrial London life and Symbolist influence.
‘Midnight shakes the memory / As a madman shakes a dead geranium’ — Analysis?
Themes: Memory, Isolation, Decay. Techniques: Simile, Personification. Memory is grotesque and distorted.
‘Put your shoes at the door, sleep, prepare for life’ — Analysis?
Themes: Inertia, Emptiness. Techniques: Irony, Imperative. Life continues meaninglessly.
‘The moon has lost her memory’ — Analysis?
Themes: Isolation, Decay. Techniques: Personification, Symbolism. Even the universe is disoriented.
Structural effect of Rhapsody?
Hourly stanzas create a sense of psychological collapse.
Context of Rhapsody?
Influence of Bergson’s memory theory and urban alienation.
‘We are the hollow men / We are the stuffed men’ — Analysis?
Themes: Spiritual Emptiness, Alienation. Techniques: Paradox, Metaphor. Outwardly full, inwardly void.
‘Between the motion and the act / Falls the Shadow’ — Analysis?
Themes: Inertia, Paralysis. Techniques: Repetition, Symbolism. Fear blocks action.
‘This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper’ — Analysis?
Themes: Spiritual Emptiness, Cultural Collapse. Techniques: Anti-climax, Juxtaposition. Society fades passively.
Structural technique in Hollow Men?
Broken, chant-like structure mirrors loss of ritual and meaning.
Context behind Hollow Men?
Post-WWI disillusionment; written during Eliot’s spiritual crisis before conversion.
‘Were we led all that way for / Birth or Death?’ — Analysis?
Themes: Emptiness, Alienation. Techniques: Juxtaposition, Rhetorical Question. Revelation brings loss and ambiguity.
‘I should be glad of another death’ — Analysis?
Themes: Isolation, Inertia. Techniques: Irony, Allusion. Speaker longs for spiritual release.
‘With the voices singing… saying / That this was all folly’ — Analysis?
Themes: Alienation, Doubt. Techniques: Irony, Auditory Imagery. Faith mocked by societal scepticism.
Structure of Journey of the Magi?
Retrospective monologue reveals alienation through spiritual transformation.
