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  Consider Eliot’s ‘Preludes’ as a modern poem. Sharply intellectual, remarkably unorthodox in attitude and style, and undoubtedly a pioneer Piece of modern English poetry Eliot’s ‘Preludes’ deserves and demands a careful study. The term ‘modernism’ in context of literature and art cannot be precisely defined, or confined to a fixed Notion. So far as modern or twentieth century English poetry is concerned, its first obvious Characteristic is abstruseness of thought, form and style. Modern poetry is primarily a revolt against the decadent romantic tradition of Georgian Poetry. The squalor, dinginess, and the sordidness of the urban civilization and The dehumanization, sexuality and spiritual hollowness of modern man --- all find an echo in modern Poetry. This unit will introduce you to T.S. Eliot’s poem, “Preludes”, as a Fragmentary poetic piece which took the poet four years to complete. A poem Consisting of fifty-four lines, “Preludes” reflects some of the perplexities that A p...