Tuesday, January 22, 2008

T.S. Elliot Poem

I think the poem written by T.S. Elliot about love demonstrates and shows a more realistic truth about love because it shows both sides of love, not just the

"awwww..."
"ah, I'm so happy with my relationship"
"everything is perfect"
"As long as i have you i dont need money, cars, anything because you're my everything"
"you and me against the world"

type of love.
Face it, love is not just that.

Usually the common idea that comes into people's head when they think about "love" is that it gives a person the feeling of bliss and a sense of "completeness" because of the connection each other think they have with one another and while they are in that state, their relationship is the most perfect thing in the world and it just satisfies them to the fullest. Well T.S. Elliot takes a different view and shows that love can be chaotic and confusing. This is represented in his staggered writing that he uses and how the stanzas are structured all differently, kinda all over the place. His word choice also exemplifies this chaos going on and this is what he is trying to illustrate about the whole concept.

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