Song of the Thames-daughters
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"Song of the Thames-daughters" is a lyrical passage in T. S. Eliot’s poem *The Waste Land* that evokes the voices of river nymphs lamenting love and loss along the polluted Thames.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetic passage
ⓘ
section of a poem ⓘ |
| addresses | alienation in modern city life ⓘ |
| alludesTo |
Earl of Leicester
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elizabeth I NERFINISHED ⓘ Philomela myth NERFINISHED ⓘ Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ Thames NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tempest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToMovement | High modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsRefrain | "Weialala leia / Wallala leialala" ⓘ |
| dateOfPublication | 1922 ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | river nymphs ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Waste Land (1922) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| imagery |
industrial pollution
ⓘ
urban squalor ⓘ water imagery ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
mythic method
ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric passage ⓘ |
| locatedInWorkSection | Part III "The Fire Sermon" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | irregular ⓘ |
| motif |
lament
ⓘ
loss ⓘ love ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple voices ⓘ |
| partOf | The Waste Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | River Thames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
allusive
ⓘ
fragmentary ⓘ polyphonic voices ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
corruption of nature by modern society
ⓘ
eroded romantic ideals ⓘ |
| theme |
disillusionment
ⓘ
fragmentation of modern life ⓘ moral decay ⓘ pollution ⓘ |
| tone |
elegiac
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
intertextuality
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juxtaposition ⓘ repetition ⓘ |
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