Preludes
What is one synecdoche used?
Muddy feet, Yellow soles of feet, soiled hands, insistent feet, hands raising shades.
Finish this quote: "Held in a lunar synthesis,...
Whispering lunar incantations"
Finish the quote:
"We are the hollow men...
We are the stuffed men"
Finish the quote: "To wonder, "Do I dare?" and,...
"Do I dare?""
What religion inspired T.S. Eliot to write this poem?
Christianity
How many stanzas are there?
eight.
What time does the poem start and end at?
Twelve O'clock, Four O'clock.
What is the context of this poem?
What is the main themes of this poem?
Insecurity/anxiety, stagnacy
What is the meaning of capitalisation of Birth and Death in stanza 3?
Birth represents Jesus and Death represents the death of a generation
What are the main themes in Preludes?
The mundane, anxiety, hopelessness
What characters are mentioned in this poem?
The speaker, the cat, a child, the woman, the moon, the street lamp, the crab.
What is the main technique used?
Paradox
Where is the epigraph from?
Dante's Inferno
Who are the Magi?
The three wise men.
What genre is Preludes?
Modernist Poetry
What does the moon and the streetlamp symbolise?
Nature and industrialisation
What does the fading star symbolise? (If your answer is not the one we put but still works we'll count it)
Loss of hope
What are ALL of the allusions mentioned in this poem?
The eternal footman, Prince Hamlet, Lazarus, Michelangelo
What year was this poem written in?
1927
When was the first publication of Preludes?
1915
What does 'La lune ne garde aucune rancune' mean?
The moon never holds a grudge.
What are ALL of the kingdoms and their meanings?
Death Kingdom (Hell), Dream Kingdom (Heaven), Lost Kingdom (Moral emptiness in humanity), Twilight Kingdom (Purgatory/Limbo)
How old was T.S. Eliot when he wrote this poem?
22 years old.
What are ALL of the religious allusions in stanza 2?
Running stream, vine leaves, old white horse, wine-skins, pieces of silver.