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:umbrella_with_rain_drops: In a London Drawingroom :umbrella_with_rain…
:umbrella_with_rain_drops: In a London Drawingroom :umbrella_with_rain_drops:
KEY QUOTES
"The sky is cloudy, yellowed by the smoke."
"Cutting the sky with one long line of wall, like solid fog: far as the eye can stretch"
"Monotony of surface and of form, without a break to hang a guess upon."
"No bird can make a shadow as it flies"
"By thickest canvass, where the golden rays are clothed in hemp"
"Or rest a little on the lap of life, all hurry on and look upon the ground"
"The wheels are hurrying too, cabs, carriages all closed, in multiplied identity"
"The world seems one huge prison-house & court where men are punished at the slightest cost, with the lowest rate of colour, warmth & joy."
THEMES
Urbanisation
Natural world
Isolation
Alienation
LANGUAGE
Blank verse
Caesura
Enjambment
Metaphor
Simile
Pathetic fallacy
Personification
Semantics
Superlative
FORM AND STRUCTURE
Iambic pentameter: reflects monotony of poem
Blank verse: does not rhyme, contributes to joyless mood
CONTEXT
George Eliot is pen name for Mary Ann Evans, due to existing patriarchal society
Brought up in rural Warwickshire, relocated to city in adult life
Displacement from country to city is reflected in Industrialisation at the time
19th century explosion, drastic impact on life and natural environment
TITLE
'In' is misleading, implies the poem will describe the drawing room inside
'London' lacks specificity, could apply to anywhere in London - dull, boring, uniformity
'Drawingroom' formal room to entertain guests, comfort and privelige shelters poet from outside
WRITTEN BY GEORGE ELIOT (1819-1880)
(MARY ANN EVANS)