ENG305H1 Lecture Notes - Classical Antiquity, Physical Abuse
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Servant girl flying up steps to hide sleeping with her master. Scattered motion of atomized individual into movement into gradual peace. Grammatical change from past tense to immediate space. Town eclogues, urban life, social ideals of classical antiquity, how far modernity has fallen. Beginning to understand time, leading to nowhere and nothing. Christian idea of can"t be perfect but can keep busy. Coffeehouse, brawl, men fondling women (privilege of upper class to lower class women), beggars with fire, boys looking on in silence, posh upper class woman and boy servant going to church. Swift believing people are growing worse, consuming modern foods and wearing body down, modern consumer culture moralistic. Striking senses with offensive smells poem as sewers. Ending with disgusting things in sewers dead cats, fish, butcher"s leftovers . Like woman striking linen through the air from laundry (rain), poem strikes at reader.
