Premium Content Analysis of the Importance of Speaking Voice in the Poetry of T. S. Eliot
By George Stevenson - November 24, 2005
The importance of the technique of the 'speaking voice' in T. S. Eliot's poetry cannot be underestimated. Poems such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Preludes and Rhapsody on a Windy Night are prime examples of a fictional or devised character portraying the views of the poet, creating a 'dramatic' voice that can be best compared to a…
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