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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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Slide1

Ellice Thomas

Mrs.

J

ohnson 6

th

May 1,2013

Slide2

The 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.

Slide3

Theme 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

Slide4

Figurative 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

Slide5

Poem 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

Slide6

Conclusion

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

Slide7

Works Cited

http://www.blight.com/~

sparkle/poems/magi.html

http://

wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_poem_journey_of_the_magi_mean