Ts eliot cats memory9/16/2023 Things don’t change, the world keeps turning, things largely remain constant. Hulme (whose work we’ve discussed here), and F. Although critic Hugh Kenner thought these poems were not imagist per se, they are perhaps the meeting-point between Eliot’s poetry and that of poets like Richard Aldington, T. Tagged creative writing, ibid, news, poem, poetry, school, senior paper, T.S.This is an almost imagistic portrayal of modern urban living with all is squalid and unseemly aspects. The last line of my 6-page essay reads, “Eliot, though often difficult, demands thoughtful study.” Ibid., p. In Poem Life, (premiering March 21), I will devote a few minutes to reading selected portions of this essay while also playing the frame drum, which will add the appropriate note of seriousness to the affair. There are unintentionally funny lines, such as this one about his wife, “She was clever, witty, vivacious, depressed, nervous, and a death-muse.” I also like this line, “If ordinary people couldn’t understand such writing, then it was too bad for them.” Ibid. Young folks: Look it if up if that word throws you. There is nothing original in this paper: I avoided plagiarism at all costs to make it “interesting.” I “Ibid” all over the place. To say a paper is “interesting” is to say it bored the hell out of me but oh well, you tried. I made an A on the paper and the comment on the cover sheet was “An interesting and most informative paper.” I find it funny that this description is a phrase I use as a teacher when I have nothing better to say. Eliot was in all our anthologies, and I liked Prufrock because of its elements of doom and rhythm and snooty mermaids. I had been writing poetry since I was a child, but I wasn’t familiar with a lot of poets. My encyclopedia-riddled term paper was about T. Akers’ class, nor came in tardy, nor threw spit wads. She was as wide as she was tall, which was short, and her bosom rested on the desk. I remember two things from her class: memorizing Macbeth’s tomorrow and tomorrow speech and diagramming sentences. I’m pretty sure I didn’t even read the book. When I was a senior, however, I copped out on all the artistry and picked a Zane Grey novel, bought some plastic cowboys and Indians and made a scene from it. I loved visiting her room every year to see them. Paper-mache, woodworking, clay, painting, sculpture–all kinds of arts went into constructing these dioramas. These were elaborately-made scenes from books the seniors had read. Akers’ room where all the student shadow boxes would be on display. She taught Senior English, and when I was a child, the LG Schools Open House was a BIG DEAL. LG folks had the experience of generations of their family being taught by her. Akers was a beloved teacher at LG High School for more years than anyone knows. Until then, I am going to post snippets of things that will be in the show. It is March, and the premiere of my one-woman poetry show Poem Life is fast approaching. Eliot Leave a comment Events, Musings, Poems Ibid Tagged andrew lloyd webber, barbra streisand, Cats!, creative writing, National Poetry Month, poem, poetry, T.S. In this case, Streisand popularized this poem/song. NOTE: In honor of National Poetry Month, each day a person’s birthday will be celebrated with a poem about or by him/her. Eliot.Ī street lamp dies, another night is over “You’d really ha’ thought she’d ought to be dead Who hesitates toward you in the light of the doorįrom The Rising Sun to The Friend at Hand.Īnd the postman sighed, as he scratched his head:
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