T.S Eliot’s Preludes and The Love Song of J.Alfred. Prufrock, are examp

T.S Eliots Preludes and The Love Song of J.Alfred. Prufrock, are examples of modernist poetry which lucubrate the concerns of modernist poets. Explain how the poetry you have canvass reflects some of the majorconcerns of its context?In your answer refer closely to two poems by T.S. Eliot.T.S Eliots Preludes and The Love Song of J.Alfred. Prufrock, areexamples of modernist poetry which illustrate the concerns ofmodernist poets. The modern era, which lasted between 1885 to 1940 wasconcerned with challenging the tralatitious views of life. In terms ofliterature, Eliot was a leading figure in challenging the genius andverse of traditional romantic poetry. Preludes portrays the hopelessand monotonous life of the working class in an urbanised, dirty,industrialised city. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock primarilyrepresents Eliots view on relationships, bon ton and the human subconscience.The modernist feat in poetry began in 1910, where significantfigures such as Ezra Pound and Jule s Laforgues styles clashed withthe romantic styles. This greatly influenced Eliots style andimpacted his way of writing. Some main features used include imagism,allusion and a free verse rhyme scheme. Imagism is mainly concernedwith the use of precise images to get under ones skin a moment, or feeling of acharacter. In Preludes, Eliot creates an image of a yellow fog thatrubs its back licking its tongue into the corners of the flushwhich could also be interpreted as an image of an urban cat at nighttime lurking around the city. It is this image which conflicts withthe romanticists imagination of nature it represents the ugliness ofurban fog.Allusion is an indirect reference to another tex... ...esubconscious. The opening sentence Let us go then, you and I is anexample of Prufrocks cozy self speaking to his outer self. As thepoem flows, the attitude from I will go changes to a hesitant Imight go. This is a response to the idea of Prufrock approaching thewoman he loves to ask her for her hand in marriage.Thus you can see how the Eliot reflects some of the major concerns ofthe context modernism. The modernist movement broke away from therules of romantic poetry in terms of structure. It also looked awayfrom the beauty of nature and focused upon the ugliness ofurbanisation, the power of the subconscious and the social issuessuch as women and the working class society. Eliots poems Preludesand The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock are specimens of truemodernist poetry which reflect the major concerns of the modernisttime.