T. S. Eliot’s ‘Obscurity’ in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

• Published in: International journal of applied linguistics & English literature Vol. 5; no. 4; p. 38
• Main Author: Wei, Longxing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Footscray Australian International Academic Centre PTY. Ltd (AIAC) 2016
• Subjects: American literature; British & Irish literature; Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns) (1888-1965); Foregrounding; Linguistics; Poetry; Poets; Syntax

T. S. Eliot's earliest verse is composed of observations, detached, ironic, and alternatively disillusioned and nostalgic in tone. Eliot's mingling of subtle observation with unexpected cliché represents a difficulty that is often magnified because too much 'obscurity' is assumed...