Rhapsody & Preludes
This time of day is referenced in the opening line of "Preludes".
"The winter evening settles down."
What is evening?
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" begins with this invitation.
What is "Let us go then, you and I"?
"The Hollow Men" begins with the phrase, "We are the ______ men."
What is hollow?
T. S. Eliot was born in this country.
What is the United States of America?
Eliot won this prestigious literary prize in 1948.
What is the Nobel Prize in Literature?
In "Rhapsody on a Windy Night," the protagonist walks the streets at this hour.
What is midnight?
"Journey of the Magi" reflects on this biblical event.
What is the birth of Jesus (the Nativity)?
The poem ends with the famous line, "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but with a ______."
What is a whimper?
Eliot moved to this country and became a citizen later in life.
What is England (the United Kingdom)?
Eliot wrote the poems that inspired this famous musical.
What is "Cats"?
"Preludes" is primarily about this aspect of urban life.
What is the monotony and alienation of city existence?
Prufrock is famous for his indecisiveness, epitomised in this recurring question.
What is "Do I dare?"
The poem references this river, which is also mentioned in Dante's "Inferno."
What is the river Styx?
Eliot was associated with this literary movement.
What is Modernism?
Eliot’s full name is this.
What is Thomas Stearns Eliot?
Both "Preludes" and "Rhapsody" use this literary technique to evoke fragmented thoughts and images.
What is stream of consciousness?
"Prufrock" alludes to this Renaissance painter.
Who is Mechelangelo?
Eliot borrows lines from this children's rhyme at the end of "The Hollow Men."
What is "Here we go round the mulberry bush"?
Eliot often wrote about the effects of this major 20th-century event.
What is World War I?
T S Eliot wrote for a maximum of this many hours a day.
What is three hours?
'La lune ne garde aucune rancune' means this.
What is "The moon holds no grudge"?
These kinds of people clutch their gods in "Journey of the Magi".
What is an alien people?
The philosophical idea that underpins Hollow Men.
What is existentialism?
T S Eliot converted to this religion from Unitarianism.
What is Anglican?
T S Eliot is best known for this poem.
What is "Wasteland"?