For this project, you will explore the ideals and culture of a poem from the period between 1900 – 1945. the poem should provide insight into the issues of the time. use the method described above and questions from this lesson to write a 500-word explication essay about your selected poem. neatly type the poem and then type your final draft of your explication. apply the conventional standards of english and make effective choices concerning meaning and style. write and edit your document so that it conforms to the traditional guidelines and conventional style. you will upload your document for your teacher to grade. additionally, you will recite the poem and share with the class, or submit a video recording of the recitation if directed by your teacher

The poem that I would pick is "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot. The poem was first published in 1915.

This poem is a great example of Modernist literature, and it provides insight into the issues of the time. In this text, J. Alfred Prufrock is concerned with the life he has had so far. He is frustrated, as he believes himself to be stuck, and unable to progress in life to the extent he would have wanted to. He is also lonely and isolated, and he laments the lack of a partner. All of these problems reflect many of the worries of modern life that became apparent in the early 20th century and that still plague our life.

The poem is written in the style known as stream of consciousness. This is a way of writing in which the thoughts of the characters are written in the way in which they appear in the characters' minds. Because of these, the thoughts are often random, convoluted or illogical.

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.

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