This is really an exceptional animation of this poem. I sent the link to several poets and others in poetry in celebration of "Poetry Month" and got a several emails back in admiration of it. Lovely job.
Wish you had finished the last half, if you even did half actually. it's a long one 2bsure. I once memorized this entire poem just to recite it to my girlfriend. She must have been impressed - been married for 16+ yrs.
I like your animation alot. Not only does it do justice to the imagery in Prufrok, it goes really well with Bob Mould's Circles... Thanks for posting it.
This is one creepy interpretation of the poem. That's a compliment. Even though some lines are missing, it still gives off the feeling of what Prufrock is thinking. Great video.
the whole poem isnt in here, not just the last few lines, but also metaphors such as "the head upon a platter" etc,
but i think that through the eyes of a self-conscious, sexually depraved middle-aged man, Eliot has really shown us some of the tediousness and meaninglessness of modern western life that is hard to put into words otherwise :D
@polymath7 I said, "through the eyes of a middle-aged man", I think the Prufrock character is definitely not a young person since he often alludes to long periods of time having already passed by him
it's wicked! i'm such a lazy person, but i signed in just to say this. awesome job! it's different from what i pictured and also little heavy-handed in terms of drawing , but still great! i'm totally loving it!
It's about a man that is quite considered old yet but his years are passing him by. he is also frightened that his age will affect his ability to find love. lines such as a "a bald spot in the middle of his hair" show age. Other lines such as "do I dare to eat a peach" speaks of the fruits of youth, and I hear the mermaids singing each to each, I do not think they sing to me" are references to all that a young man would dream of as far as carnal desires go. I teach this to my poem to my students
Oh, this is fantastic. I'm about to start trying to adapt the poem for theatre, and having real trouble knowing where to start- this has set some cogs whirring in my head. Thank you, and if you ever make more of it I'd love to see it!
omg...please finish it. it is a medium that you, the creator/s, own: powerful poetry and esoteric visuals. finish it, create more, and you will be the artist/s in everyone's eyes that you are in your own soul/s
I'm very Impressed with your animation, and the connections you made in the poem :) even though some of the words are missing, I still really like it :)
I'm actually doing a project for English 12, and using your video is really helping me to come up with Ideas for my essay. thank you for sharing your video with all of us, very well done! *applause*
it's just the character behind them. and the voice in which he recites the lines. prufrock never quite meant as much to me as when he spoke the words.
Hi, your work is the best ever seen upon my favourite poet. It's great! Beside visions, I love the way the old recording was dubbed and mastered with the room effect. Salute!
This is marvellous! Really incredible work! xxx
EdieAlyss 5 days ago
Thank you for posting this, eaw123.
writersblock26 1 month ago
Not just brilliant, but, excuse the expression FUCKING BRILLIANT!
nbelsky 8 months ago
awesome video... if i tried to make it i would do what you have done and be very proud of it... great visual metaphors you create...
taureau20 10 months ago
This is really an exceptional animation of this poem. I sent the link to several poets and others in poetry in celebration of "Poetry Month" and got a several emails back in admiration of it. Lovely job.
KayakKid64 10 months ago
Wish you had finished the last half, if you even did half actually. it's a long one 2bsure. I once memorized this entire poem just to recite it to my girlfriend. She must have been impressed - been married for 16+ yrs.
and she sings to me.
ROKDawgROK 1 year ago 5
What about the Mermaids?
yitzchak13 1 year ago
I like your animation alot. Not only does it do justice to the imagery in Prufrok, it goes really well with Bob Mould's Circles... Thanks for posting it.
VeiledKaren 1 year ago
This is one creepy interpretation of the poem. That's a compliment. Even though some lines are missing, it still gives off the feeling of what Prufrock is thinking. Great video.
preseac 2 years ago 2
it is a coment on the meaningless life of the aristocrats...i have measured out my life with coffe spoons
gelis32 2 years ago
it's actually a commentary on age and the pointlessness/helplessness of growing old and the procession of time.
cloak002 2 years ago
Oh, boo.
Who told you that?
losersalwayswin 2 years ago
@cloak002 It's nothing of the sort. It's a meditation on erotic anxiety.
polymath7 1 year ago
some lines are missing
sephoir 2 years ago
the whole poem isnt in here, not just the last few lines, but also metaphors such as "the head upon a platter" etc,
but i think that through the eyes of a self-conscious, sexually depraved middle-aged man, Eliot has really shown us some of the tediousness and meaninglessness of modern western life that is hard to put into words otherwise :D
hempgru4 2 years ago
@hempgru4 Middle aged? Eliot was twenty-two when he wrote this.
polymath7 1 year ago
@polymath7 I said, "through the eyes of a middle-aged man", I think the Prufrock character is definitely not a young person since he often alludes to long periods of time having already passed by him
hempgru4 1 year ago
@polymath7 Yes, Eliot was 22 when he wrote this, but the character of Prufrock is a middle-aged man.
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psychobilly1992 2 years ago
If Gandhi had a British accent...
Lassann 2 years ago
Very good.
GeorgesBarras 2 years ago
Thank you!
mabhekaphansi 2 years ago
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Wtf?
I watched this whole thing for the end of it.
the "Till human voices wake us, and we drown"
and it wasnt here x.x
Excellent video tho! +1UP
Jeeptek1 2 years ago
it's wicked! i'm such a lazy person, but i signed in just to say this. awesome job! it's different from what i pictured and also little heavy-handed in terms of drawing , but still great! i'm totally loving it!
heavysunheavymoon 2 years ago
this is a great study aid.
tashaxda 2 years ago
Great visuals!!
rmb18queen 2 years ago
I have no idea what this poem is about. Someone tell me what it really means...
snowstorm9091moua 2 years ago
a man that cant find love and is too afraid to try. he feels that he will not find love so he does not try
wfballer5 2 years ago
It's about a man that is quite considered old yet but his years are passing him by. he is also frightened that his age will affect his ability to find love. lines such as a "a bald spot in the middle of his hair" show age. Other lines such as "do I dare to eat a peach" speaks of the fruits of youth, and I hear the mermaids singing each to each, I do not think they sing to me" are references to all that a young man would dream of as far as carnal desires go. I teach this to my poem to my students
scarecrowman472001 2 years ago
Amazing its easier 2 understand .....
well done ;)
babyfaceee2009 2 years ago
i have to do this in class, what does it mean?
gonebabygone101 3 years ago
great work!
e7cada 3 years ago
Interesting that you saw the fog as a cat...
Consequence 3 years ago
there is an an extended metaphor in the poem of the fog as a cat. What did you see it as?
mle010 2 years ago
I saw it as a cat initially, but increasingly after could only picture a big snake.
Consequence 2 years ago
Very very nice.
bluntsafety 3 years ago
Fantastic. Love it. A favorite.
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nxtacy 3 years ago
wicked! I watched this in class the other day!
lttlmissshorty 3 years ago
Oh, this is fantastic. I'm about to start trying to adapt the poem for theatre, and having real trouble knowing where to start- this has set some cogs whirring in my head. Thank you, and if you ever make more of it I'd love to see it!
thehyacinthgirl 3 years ago
"I should have been a pair of ragged claws/ scuttling across the floors of silent seas."
Oh, finish this, PLEASE... it is wonderful.
PrickLivingston5 3 years ago
omg...please finish it. it is a medium that you, the creator/s, own: powerful poetry and esoteric visuals. finish it, create more, and you will be the artist/s in everyone's eyes that you are in your own soul/s
sippitysipsap 4 years ago
just really great!! now finish it for me please.
rafirice1 4 years ago
also cut short
wierdomagnet 4 years ago
I'm very Impressed with your animation, and the connections you made in the poem :) even though some of the words are missing, I still really like it :)
I'm actually doing a project for English 12, and using your video is really helping me to come up with Ideas for my essay. thank you for sharing your video with all of us, very well done! *applause*
Captainshaft 4 years ago
Fantastic!An imense pleasure to watch and mull upon.
Deborah
scareysquirrel 4 years ago
really good job. do you have the full audio for this??
TheMember06 4 years ago 2
most interesting to watch... this was mentioned in the Times book section today...
kheldara 4 years ago 2
That's how I found this! It is so fitting to the poem, I just wish it went on!
custardmuffin 4 years ago 3
Did you check out the other portishead version they mentioned? Thoroughly mesmerising...
And yes, I'd love to see the rest of the poem, if only for 'That is not what I meant at all' and the singing mermaids.
kheldara 4 years ago 2
I just found it now! Who would have thought that would work so well?
'Do I dare eat a peach?'
custardmuffin 4 years ago
my favorite lines (the 'that is not what i meant at all' and the mermaids and the drowning.
unouluvme912 4 years ago
it's just the character behind them. and the voice in which he recites the lines. prufrock never quite meant as much to me as when he spoke the words.
kheldara 4 years ago
lol this is genius...where's the rest? I want to see the ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas
prufrock 4 years ago 2
................:)
laurenmargaux 4 years ago
Hi, your work is the best ever seen upon my favourite poet. It's great! Beside visions, I love the way the old recording was dubbed and mastered with the room effect. Salute!
nplnbnprt 4 years ago 2