Preludes - TS Eliot [1888-1965]
Relevant Background
• Thomas Stearns [TS] Eliot was born in into a wealthy family in St Louis, Missouri, America in 1888
• He became a British citizen at the age of 39 in 1927.
• His father was president of a brick making company. His mother wrote poetry and was once a teacher and social volunteer. They were determined to educate Thomas well.
• TS Eliot's awareness of how differently some people lived inspired a lot of the descriptions found in ‘Preludes'.
• Through the work of his mother and grandfather TS Eliot became aware of poverty and the boring reality of peoples' lives.
• In 1917 he published ‘Preludes'. ‘Preludes' consists of four short poems, numbered I, II, III and IV.
• Some say that in ‘Preludes' Eliot tried to imagine the thoughts and observations of four badly-off city dwellers. It is possible on the other hand that he is observing a prostitute in the first three ‘Preludes' and a tramp in the fourth ‘Prelude'.......

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Title: Preludes - Ts Eliot [1888-1965]
Approximate Word Count: 1919
Approximate Pages: 8 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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