T S Eliot Literary Form

Question 1

The love song of Alfred J Prufock

Answer 1

Form- dramatic monologue
Fictional creation of an audience
Narrator not in complete control- has to address audience
Portrays the modern man
Refrain- in the room the women come and go, talking of michaelangelo
Experiments with form and meter
Makes fun using half rhyme

Question 2

Narration

Answer 2

Speaker reflecting on memories in a philosophical manner

Dramatic monologue for the most part

Question 3

A game of chess

Answer 3

Blank verse
Iambic pentameter
Use of synethesia throughout- blurs the senses
Irrational meter- frantic and uncoordinated
Breakdown of form shows breakdown of character- without tradition there is no structure
Mix of first and third person
Talks to the audience but there is no audience to address

Question 4

The fire sermon

Answer 4

Ugly onomatopoeia used throughout- ‘so rudely forced’
Part of the wasteland- longest part
Erratic line structure that are rhymed at random
Includes popular poetic forms
Plot driven sections
Includes musical pieces such as spensers wedding song

Question 5

Meter

Answer 5

Fleeting moments of consistent rhyme and meter

Highlights the chaos and decay shown in the content through chaos Of shifting meter

Question 6

Title

Answer 6

Highlights the spiritual and intellectual decay of the modern world
20th century culture is barren and infertile- cannot grow