Portrait of a Lady by T.S.Eliot
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This is the second poem from Eliot's Prufrock volume of 1917. It concerns the tenuous relationship between a younger man and an older woman - she seemingly hoping the friendship will develop, he holding back. Eliot's language as always can be specialised so perhaps I should give the following definitions: velleities are wishful thoughts that find no outlet in action; cauchemar is French for nightmare; ariettes are short tunes; and bock is a strong lager.
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| excellent reading ( 1 year ago by tomsinge) |
| excellent reading |
| thanks! Chas. ( 1 year ago by brychar66) |
| thanks! Chas. |
| Seems like the same ... ( 3 months ago by trisoctehedron) |
| Seems like the same ground he went over later, in the abstract, in Prufrock. You present this poem of this very conflicted young man so clearly I feel that I can hear every nuance. |
| Ennui--I see. I had ... ( 3 months ago by trisoctehedron) |
| Ennui--I see. I had always taken this to be a poem about a sexually-repressed young man being offered something he can't take. But then I noticed the lady is much older than he--since she alludes to death, which you don't normally do in normal conversation unless you're old. |
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