Literature Review-Poem’s
Analysis
Introduction
This paper analyzes both Yeats’s “The Second Coming” and
Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” poems. The
analysis outlines various poem elements used while describing
the central theme put across by the two poets. Both poems
present man’s revolution and impacts of western civilization
outlining the effects of anarchy in the world given that they
were written based on the events that happened in history.
Yeats’s poem consists of twenty-two lines addressing the
listener with the preparedness of significant insight into the
historical meaning of events. It is a sign that a time is coming
for reforms and liberation from the pain and suffering people
were enduring at those times. Yeats has used gyre metaphors
to show how the world revolves around cycles. The poem’s title
is symbolic revealing the rapture and the second coming of a
new revolution. Its first stanza famous lines outline a period of
chaos. Additionally, the poem has no regular rhyme scheme. Its
themes involve religion, fall of civilization, the desert as well as
the apocalypse.
Eliot’s poem portrays the evaluation of torture in the
prototypical man in the modern world showcasing his issues of
being emotionally stilted, overeducated and neurotic. Eliot’s
poem uses a dramatic monologue showcasing the utterances of
the speaker at a specific period. It uses an irregular rhyme
scheme though it’s not random. As the speaker narrates the
poem out loud, the rhyme scheme becomes more apparent. On
the other hand, the poem uses fragments of sonnet form
specifically on its concluding stanza. Additionally, Eliot has used
fragmentation and juxtaposition as the defining characteristics
in the poem. This poetic creation mirrors the use sensitivity and
Analysis
Introduction
This paper analyzes both Yeats’s “The Second Coming” and
Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” poems. The
analysis outlines various poem elements used while describing
the central theme put across by the two poets. Both poems
present man’s revolution and impacts of western civilization
outlining the effects of anarchy in the world given that they
were written based on the events that happened in history.
Yeats’s poem consists of twenty-two lines addressing the
listener with the preparedness of significant insight into the
historical meaning of events. It is a sign that a time is coming
for reforms and liberation from the pain and suffering people
were enduring at those times. Yeats has used gyre metaphors
to show how the world revolves around cycles. The poem’s title
is symbolic revealing the rapture and the second coming of a
new revolution. Its first stanza famous lines outline a period of
chaos. Additionally, the poem has no regular rhyme scheme. Its
themes involve religion, fall of civilization, the desert as well as
the apocalypse.
Eliot’s poem portrays the evaluation of torture in the
prototypical man in the modern world showcasing his issues of
being emotionally stilted, overeducated and neurotic. Eliot’s
poem uses a dramatic monologue showcasing the utterances of
the speaker at a specific period. It uses an irregular rhyme
scheme though it’s not random. As the speaker narrates the
poem out loud, the rhyme scheme becomes more apparent. On
the other hand, the poem uses fragments of sonnet form
specifically on its concluding stanza. Additionally, Eliot has used
fragmentation and juxtaposition as the defining characteristics
in the poem. This poetic creation mirrors the use sensitivity and
