Comparing the Symbology and Imagery in T. S. Eliot’s Poetry Essay

In the poems The Love Song by J. Alf flushed Prufrock, written in 1910, published in 1915, and Rhapsody on a Windy Night, written in 1917, both of which were written by poet and literary-critic T. S. Eliot, the symbolism and imagery of the women correspond in mythological means, the locations and landscapes that both protagonists wander through or plan on going to, and the nature that is used in both poems are genuinely similar, yet uniquely different. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is about a creation with low self-confidence worrying about going to a party in the evening where he is sure that the women there with reject and abuse him Rhapsody on a Windy Night is about a military personnel wandering his way back in the early hours of the morning to the countersink where he is staying. In Rhapsody, the moon is featured as a benignant woman, one who will not hold a grudge and gentles and watches every last(predicate) over everything. She appears as a lonely wom an, almost as one whose yellowish brown has left her holding and twisting a paper rose that smells of form and eau de Cologne (Eliot 31). At the end of The Love Song, the women are represented as mermaids, sea-girls. They put the men under a spell, for lack of a better word, We have lingered in the chambers of the sea/ By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown/ Till human voices wake us, and we drown. The last line makes them search like Sirens. In both poems the women are featured in salubrious mythological terms. Mythology, legends, etc. have always appealed to the senses. They are timeless, and involve adventure, romance, magic, loyalty, betrayal, wars, and mystery, all of which are qualities that strongly appeal to our senses, while also being riddle with symbols and hidden meanings (Melinda-Landa... ...Works CitedChopin, Kate. The Awakening. bran-new York Avon , 1972. Print.Daly, Kathleen N., and Marian Rengel. A-to-Z Entries. Greek and Roman Mythology A to Z. rude(a) York Facts On File, 2004. PrintEliot, T. S., and Peter Washington. Prufrock and Other Observations. Eliot Poems and Prose. New York A. A. Knopf, 1998. 13-19, 29-32. Print.Hanegraaff, Wouter J. The Nature of Reality. New Age Religion and Western Culture Esotericism in the Mirror of temporal Thought. Albany, NY State University of New York, 1998. 154. Print.Hard, Robin, and H. J. Rose. The Younger Olympian Gods and Goddesses. The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology found on H.J. Roses Handbook of Greek Mythology capital of the United Kingdom Routledge, 2004. 187. PrintHomer. Book Twelve. The Odyssey. Trans. Robert Eagles. London Penguin Group, 1996. Print.