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T.S. Eliot’s Preludes is a poem in which he portrays the isolation of an individual from society. His imagery is clear and he uses many techniques to achieve this. The central theme of the poem is about the feeling of despair at the decline and dissolution of modern civilization. This poem was written in 1917, when there was a worldwide questioning of the values of modern western civilization. Due to many factors, especially the First World War and the economic depression, many artists, poets and philosophers felt that modern industrial civilization had lost its sense of meaning and direction. There was a general criticism of the status quo. Preludes falls within this realm. In this poem, Eliot describes the modern city as an emptiness of meaning and uses imagery to intensify this feeling.
The first lines suggest a feeling of decline and despair. The imagery helps to achieve this effect by the use of "winter" images. Winter is usually associated with a lack of growth and a loss......

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