th May 12013 The Journey of the Magi Historical Background Biography Thomas Stearns Eliot 18881965 was born in St Louis Missouri of an old New England family He was educated at Harvard and did graduate work in philosophy at the Sorbonne Harvard and Merton Coll ID: 796782
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Ellice Thomas
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May 1,2013
Slide2The Journey of the Magi
Historical Background /Biography
Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965) was born in St. Louis, Missouri, of an old New England family. He was educated at Harvard and did graduate work in philosophy at the Sorbonne, Harvard, and Merton College, Oxford. He settled in England, where he was for a time a schoolmaster and a bank clerk, and eventually literary editor for the publishing house Faber & Faber, of which he later became a director.
Summary
The
Magi were the three wise men namely Balthazar- King of Chaldea, Gaspor - King of Ethopia, Melchoir -King of Nubia
and they are on a journey to see the birth o f Jesus . And they are explaining the journey their .
Thesis
Birth and rebirth through the use of figurative language, imagery and symbolism.
Slide3Theme and Tone
The theme is mellow until the median when he said
Then the camel men cursing and grumbling
And running away, and wanting their liquor and women,
And the night-fires gong out, and the lack of shelters,
And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly
Cite
http://www.blight.com/~sparkle/poems/magi.html
Slide4Figurative Language
Tell how your poet uses figurative language ?
Birth or Death? There was a Birth, certainly,
We had evidence and no doubt. I have seen birth and death,
But had thought they were different; this Birth was
Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death.
Cite
http://www.blight.com/~sparkle/poems/magi.html
Slide5Poem Interpretation
It means that some people around the world make journeys to other places and give gifts to people who are in need of help.
Well. its not just about some people traveling the world and giving away stuff.
this poem is about a part from the bible.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_poem_journey_of_the_magi_mean
Slide6Conclusion
Thesis
Birth and rebirth through the use of figurative language, imagery and symbolism.
Rhyme
This poem does not have any form of rhyme or
pattern
Slide7Works Cited
http://www.blight.com/~
sparkle/poems/magi.html
http://
wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_poem_journey_of_the_magi_mean