Ezra Pound

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different. states that, "Introspection ("the obscure reveries/of the inward gaze") in this age is unthinkable." This means that the people are afraid to examine their own thoughts and feeling because they are afraid of what they will see. T.S. Eliot’s works, "Preludes," "The Hollow Men," and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" substantiate ’s statement. "Preludes," by T.S. Eliot, is a literary work depicting city life. Although it was written some time ago, it contains a universal theme and is applicable even in today’s world. Eliot expresses the lonely, isolationist environment of the city. The people of the city seem dull, dreary, fatigued, and lifeless. The city dwellers repeat their daily mechanical routines; there is no change or break in the cycle. They come home tired and worn out from a day’s work, sleep, wake up, head towards coffee stands for a jolt of energy, and off they are to work again. Eliot expresses ...

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suffering thing." The monotonous tone contributes to the dreary, lifelessness of Eliot’s city. The city dwellers are perpetually empty. They are truly the living dead because their life consists of the same daily mechanical actions. In "The Hollow Men," Eliot expresses that "We are the hollow men." He conveys the emptiness of people due to their lack of souls in today’s world. The hollow men are superficial and have no depth. When the hollow men say, "We whisper together/Are quiet and meaningless," it shows how they are afraid to show how they feel. Like the city dwellers of "Preludes," the hollow men do not make connections with ...

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