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Thomas Stearns Eliot was born on September 26, 1888, in St.Louis Missouri, to Henry Ware and Charlotte Stearns Elliot. His father was a businessman, and his mother was a poetress. Eliot came from a financially endowed family and was allowed to attend all of the best schools. His education started at the prestigies grammar school Smith Academy in St.Louis. He then went to secondary school in Massachuets at Milton Academy, a preparatory school for Harvard. In 1906, he started his Bachelor's Degree at Harvard, and within three years he graduated. He then started graduate school at Harvard to earn a Masters degree in Philosophy. In 1910 Eliot studied French Literature in Paris at Sorbonne. Then, in 1911 he went to Munich. Due to the war he was unable to travel back to the States, and was detained in London, England. Eliot had always dreamed of being out on his own. He finally had the chance. He devoted his life now to learning and writing. Eliot's literary career began early in life. His first publication, "A Tale of A Whale,'" was in an issue of The Milton Academy Record in the April issue of 1901. His second publication soon followed with Milton Academy publishing "The Man W
The title of this poem leads the reader to believe that it is one mans quest for love. The reader finds early on that this is not the case with this poem. It opens with a quote from Dante's book the Inferno. I believe this is used to show Prufrocks mental state as one of being in hell on earth. He is trapped and feels isolated and alone. The first few lines of the poem show a peaceful scene. The fourth line in the poem begins to show the hell Prufrock feels. He talks of "one-night cheap hotels."(6) He has no love in his life and is possibly forced to pay for the love he desires in the cheap hotels he talks of. "T.S. Eliot." On line posting 9 Febuary 2000. . different than his own to be published in his magazine. Years earlier he may not have Headings, Philip R. T.S. Eliot Revised Edition. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1982.
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Approximate Word count = 2688
Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page double spaced)
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