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A 5 page paper that contrasts and compares T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and Robert Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man." The writer points out where the poems are different, but argues that they are similar in that they both deal with the inevitability of old age and mortality, and they both say a great deal about how modern society tends to alienate us, rather then bringing us together. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Eliot and Frost are quite different. Eliots poem is set in an urban landscape and Frosts takes place in a rural location on a farm. However, these poems also have
points of similarity. They both are narratives that relate a story. They both deal with the inevitability of old age and mortality, and they both say a great deal
about how modern society tends to alienate us, rather then bringing us together. Frosts "The Death of the Hired Man" has a conversational tone that mirrors real speech. The
story it tells is straightforward. Mary meets her husband, Warren, as he comes home from shopping, to tell him that Silas, the hired man, has come back. She knows that
Warren will not be pleased by this news because the last time Silas left, Warren told him not to come back. He was tired of Silas being undependable. Mary
wants Warren to be kind (line 7). They sit down on the front steps to talk. Warren protests that he has never been anything but kind to Silas.. He reiterates
his complaints about Silas to Mary and she readily acknowledges them, but keeps going back to the fact that Silas is changed -- older, frailer, "worn out." She tells how
his mind tends to wander, that he has forgotten that the boy who helped him a few years earlier is off at school. Mary explains how Silas let the
boys enthusiasm for education get under his skin, and he is still thinking of good replies to long ago arguments. They also reminisce on Silas one accomplishment, his ability to
build a haystack -- "He takes it out in bunches like bird birds nests" (line 96). Slowly, Mary gets it across to Warren that Silas is an old
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