"Morning at the Window" by T.S. Eliot
THEY are rattling breakfast plates in basement kitchens,
And along the trampled edges of the street
I am aware of the damp souls of housemaids
Sprouting despondently at area gates.
The brown waves of fog toss up to me
Twisted faces from the bottom of the street,
And tear from a passer-by with muddy skirts
An aimless smile that hovers in the air
And vanishes along the level of the roofs
And along the trampled edges of the street
I am aware of the damp souls of housemaids
Sprouting despondently at area gates.
The brown waves of fog toss up to me
Twisted faces from the bottom of the street,
And tear from a passer-by with muddy skirts
An aimless smile that hovers in the air
And vanishes along the level of the roofs
Analysis
In T.S. Eliot's poem, "Morning at the Window," the overwhelming images of poverty in the big city. The free verse aspect of the poem is not necessarily unique but it does create an interesting element that does display a hint of modernism. The poverty stricken city in the poem is also a display of the withdraw from government by modernists. The depressed feeling and emotions was a unique display of new understanding, a break from the old ways of the previous style of poetry.