Eliot Quotes Flashcards
Prufrock: To wonder
To wonder, “Do i dare?” and “Do i dare?”
Repetition - uncertainty of decisions
Prufrock: And when
And when i am formulated, sprawling on a pin
Metaphor - struggles with social interaction
Prufrock: I have
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons
Metaphor, juxtaposition
Prufrock: I shall
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled
Imagery, symbolises old age
Hollow: Headpiece
Headpiece filled with straw, Alas!
Repeated imagery, monotony, no thoughts, head empty
Hollow: Behaving
Behaving as the wind behaves.
Simile, loss of identity
Hollow: In
In this valley of dying stars
Continued motif, people lose their individual ‘light’
Hollow: This
This is the way the world ends
Repetition, death of classical European culture
Rhapsody: I could
I could see nothing behind that child’s eye
Synecdoche, loss of spirituality
Rhapsody: The world
The world gave up the secret of its skeleton
Personification, the soul of the individual has been neglected
Rhapsody: Twelve
Twelve o’clock
Repetition, mechanised time
Rhapsody: The last
The last twist of the knife
Metaphor, separation of individual from collective
