Preludes by T.S Elliot, is a poem about an individuals thoughts, feelings and pities for society
PRELUDES BY T.S.ELLIOT
Preludes by T.S Elliot, is a poem about an individuals thoughts, feelings and pities for society.
The setting of the poem is dark, murky and indications are given that the season the poem is set in is winter. ‘Leaves about your feet’, it is about the hustle of people and how in their busy lives they have forgotten the importance of life itself. The message conveyed is simple - society does not appreciate the real importance of life- but is more concerned with masquerades and fallacy. They have forgotten themselves and others, Prostituting themselves to money, and social class.
The structure of the poem is again important in the emphasis of the emptiness of the poem and the town. Certain lines are dislocated, disjointed.’ And the lighting of the lamps’ this line could mean an array of things , the line could reflect his mood, how he realises the true importance of life and is the light of the town but he is dislocated from the rest of the poem , from the rest of the town. The lamps could also mean hope and how hope of the redemption of the people has been dislocated from their daily lives, as T.S Elliot was a strict catholic. He may have believed that hope and god may have disappeared from the town’s people’s life; the true light of the city has been cast aside.
