Thinking activity by Dilip Barad Sir
Thinking activity :-Identify the modernist, symbols, imagery and metaphors from the poems.
The Embankment (7 lines poem)
By T.E Hulme
Hulme's 'The Embankment' T. E.Hulme (1883-1917) was an influential poet and thinker in the first few years of the twentieth century. ... But now, down on his luck and most probably sleeping rough on the streets, he realises that warmth is what really matters and is what poets should be singing about.
About poem
The Embankment
Modernism
Literary modernism, or modernist literature, has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly in Europe and North America, and is characterized by a very self-conscious break with traditional ways of writing, in both poetry and prose fiction.
The characteristic of Modernism
Some books of Modern literature
Thinking activity :-Identify the modernist, symbols, imagery and metaphors from the poems.
The Embankment (7 lines poem)
By T.E Hulme
Hulme's 'The Embankment' T. E.Hulme (1883-1917) was an influential poet and thinker in the first few years of the twentieth century. ... But now, down on his luck and most probably sleeping rough on the streets, he realises that warmth is what really matters and is what poets should be singing about.
About poem
The Embankment
In this poem symbols like ''star-eaten blanket '' shows that usually stars represent beauty in the darker sky and also we can say that star represents the hope in the situation of darkness. Here ''Flash of Gold Heels '' represents the beautiful woman and '' hard pavement '' represents the hard and rough side of the society. But the darker side of this phrase ''Flash of Gold Heels with Hard pavement '' is though she is beautiful but she is prostitute as well.
2) Darkness (4 lines)
By Joseph Campbell
Joseph John Campbell was an American Professor of Literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human experience.
Poem :- Darkness
I stop to watch a star shine
in the boghole -
A star no longer, but a silver
ribbon of light.
I look at it and pass on.
In this poem ''star '' shows the beauty of stars in the dark sky and without stars sky is all dark and ''darkness '' itself is the symbol of brightness and hope. So here we can say that shine of a star and a silver ribbon represent the positive side of this age.
3) Image (3 lines)
By Edward Storer
Edward Storer
Edward A. Storer was born in Alnwick on 25 July 1880 to Frances Anne Egan and James John Robson Storer, he died in Weybridge (London) on 11 February 1944. In 1907 he was on the Roll of the Law Society of England and Wales (London) qualified as a solicitor.
The dictionary meaning of ''forsaken '' is ''to give up '' so here ''forsaken lovers '' represents the fall .Here is a phrase ''forsaken lovers burning '' so here we can say that they are burning in lots as T. S Eliot discussed this in the third part. ''the fire sermon '' in this part he discussed about the people who are burning lots in spiritual degradation.
Joseph John Campbell was an American Professor of Literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human experience.
Poem :- Darkness
I stop to watch a star shine
in the boghole -
A star no longer, but a silver
ribbon of light.
I look at it and pass on.
In this poem ''star '' shows the beauty of stars in the dark sky and without stars sky is all dark and ''darkness '' itself is the symbol of brightness and hope. So here we can say that shine of a star and a silver ribbon represent the positive side of this age.
3) Image (3 lines)
By Edward Storer
Edward Storer
Edward A. Storer was born in Alnwick on 25 July 1880 to Frances Anne Egan and James John Robson Storer, he died in Weybridge (London) on 11 February 1944. In 1907 he was on the Roll of the Law Society of England and Wales (London) qualified as a solicitor.
The dictionary meaning of ''forsaken '' is ''to give up '' so here ''forsaken lovers '' represents the fall .Here is a phrase ''forsaken lovers burning '' so here we can say that they are burning in lots as T. S Eliot discussed this in the third part. ''the fire sermon '' in this part he discussed about the people who are burning lots in spiritual degradation.
Modernism
Literary modernism, or modernist literature, has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly in Europe and North America, and is characterized by a very self-conscious break with traditional ways of writing, in both poetry and prose fiction.
The characteristic of Modernism
- Marked by strong and internation break with tradition. This break includes a strong reaction against established religious, political and social views.
- Belief that the world is created in the act of perceiving it ;that is the world is what we say it is.
- There is no such thing as absolute truth. All things are relative.
- No connection with history or institutions. Their existence is that alienation, loss, and despair.
- Championship of the individual and celebration of inner strength.
- Life is unordered.
- Concerned with the subconscious.
Some books of Modern literature
