Tradition and Individual Talent Summary ‘Tradition and Individual Talent’-Critical Synopsis-Eliot’s Theory of Poetry and The Poetic Process-Impersonality of Poetry Manifesto of Eliot’s Critical Creed The essay Tradition and Individual Talent was first published in 1919 in the Times Literary Supplement, as a critical article. The essay may be regarded as an unofficial manifesto of … Read more
Tradition and Individual Talent Questions And Answers Q. 1. For T.S. Eliot ‘the progress of an artist is a continual selfsacrifice, a continual examination of personality’. Discuss. Or What does Eliot mean when he says in ‘Tradition and Individual Talent’ that ‘The business of the poet is not to find new emotions but to … Read more
To His Coy Mistress Questions and Answers Q.1. Consider Andrew Marvell’s ‘To His Coy Mistress’ as a love poem. Ans. It cannot be denied that both the lover and the mistress are drawn together by love as an abstract idea. But all along the lover believes that his purpose will not be fulfilled unless … Read more
Ghosts Questions and Answers by Henrik Ibsen 1. Title [Q. Write a note on the appropriateness of the title ‘Ghosts’, a play by Henrik Ibsen. Or, How far the title ‘ghosts’ seems to be appropriately used in the play ‘Ghosts’?] The word ‘ghosts’ osts’ means the spirit of a person who is dead, but seems … Read more
Preludes Questions and Answers By TS Eliot BROAD QUESTIONS 1. Attempt a short critical estimate of T. S. Eliot’s Preludes. Preludes is a ‘fine evocation of contemporary life with its atmosphere of depression and decay brilliantly conveyed’. Here in the most contemptuous and ironical terms the poet describes the squalor and the ugliness of the … Read more
Prelude Summary TS Eliot ANNOTATIONS ON THE TEXT Gist: The winter evening in the city of London emits the smell of pieces of fried meat. The stormy wind pushes about bits of leaves coated with dirt and newspapers from vacant unoccupied places of the open. The houses have broken and dingy blinds. The cabhorse … Read more
