Portrait of a Lady

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"Portrait of a Lady" is a poem by T. S. Eliot that portrays a strained, introspective relationship between a young man and an older woman within a refined but emotionally hollow social milieu.

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Portrait of a Lady canonical 2

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instanceOf poem ⓘ
author T. S. Eliot ⓘ
canonicalStatus major early poem by T. S. Eliot ⓘ
collectionPublicationYear 1917 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1915 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Others: A Magazine of the New Verse ⓘ
form lyric poem ⓘ
genre modernist poetry ⓘ
hasCopyrightStatus public domain in many jurisdictions ⓘ
includedInCollection Prufrock and Other Observations ⓘ
influencedBy French Symbolism ⓘ
linked to: French symbolism

Metaphysical poets ⓘ
linked to: Metaphysical poetry
language English ⓘ
literaryCategory 20th-century poem ⓘ
literaryMovement Modernism ⓘ
literaryTechnique allusion ⓘ
dramatic monologue elements ⓘ
imagery ⓘ
interior monologue ⓘ
juxtaposition ⓘ
meter irregular verse ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
periodOfComposition early 1910s ⓘ
primaryCharacters older woman ⓘ
young man ⓘ
relatedWorkBySameAuthor Preludes ⓘ
Rhapsody on a Windy Night ⓘ
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ⓘ
setting refined social environment ⓘ
urban upper-middle-class milieu ⓘ
subjectMatter hollowness of polite society ⓘ
strained relationship between a young man and an older woman ⓘ
theme boredom ⓘ
emotional emptiness ⓘ
failure of communication ⓘ
irony in social relations ⓘ
moral and emotional paralysis ⓘ
self-consciousness ⓘ
social alienation ⓘ
titleAlludesTo Portrait of a Lady (novel) by Henry James ⓘ
tone introspective ⓘ
ironic ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
writer T. S. Eliot ⓘ

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