Preludes
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- Preludes
- Form
- Split into four sections, or "Preludes."
- Context
- Talks about Eliot's hatred of society
- Lines
- Part I
- 1-4
- 'Steaks' bring ideas of richness and indulgence to mind, however, they produce a smoke, which could be hiding or deceiving
- 5-8
- Takes an even more negative tone by describing a "grimy" and "vacant" street.
- 9-13
- Bring in the idea of poorness as it speaks of "broken blind and chimney-pots"
- Continues the unpleasant imagery of the street.
- Bring in the idea of poorness as it speaks of "broken blind and chimney-pots"
- 1-4
- Part II
- Lines 14-18
- Describes the early morning scene of the workers who lived in the "passageways" of the last stanza.
- Continues with the theme of dirt. "muddy feet," covers the "sawdust -trampled street."
- Describes the early morning scene of the workers who lived in the "passageways" of the last stanza.
- Lines 19-23
- "Masquerades" and "shades" suggest hiding. From what? Their poorness? Link to idea of steak smoke. Or maybe from their "jobs."
- Suggests red light district: "dingy shades in a thousand furnished rooms."
- Lines 14-18
- Part III
- Lines 24-27
- Strong sexual connotations . The "sordid images" could link to her prostitution and the "thousand" shades from the Part II.
- 33-38
- "The street hardly understands," because the woman is just one of many who are clasping the feet of "yellow soles" "in the palms of soiled hands."
- Lines 24-27
- Part IV
- Sums up the poem by continuing with the idea that everyone is part of a collective consciousness
- Part I
- Form
- Takes an even more negative tone by describing a "grimy" and "vacant" street.
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