Critical Analysis of "Preludes"
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... a common word it can be seen that in some parts of "Preludes" it is purposefully over used. It is repeated continually to suggest the monotony and repetition of the activities of everyday people, both in the tone and rhythms of the lines: 'At four and five and six o'clock/And evening newspaper, and eyes' The image of 'vacant lots' is repeated in the first and last stanzas and besides revealing the unchanging emptiness of peoples lives the repetition links the vacant lots of city blocks to the vacant lots of earlier societies. " "The worlds revolve like ancient women/ Gathering fuel in vacant lots"
Metaphor and imagery create the scenes and evokes the feelings of the personas and characters in an indirect manner, however poetry also involves the sounds of the words to carry the same power. In 'Preludes', sound patterns are important in conveying similar concerns. The scene in the working class house is evocatively shown by the alliteration of the 's' in 'With smell of steaks in passageways.' The repetition ...
