T.S. Eliot's poem "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" uses personification to represent his experience in war, likening a street lamp to someone he lost. Ezra Pound's "The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter" describes a wife missing her husband during wartime, using nature and seasons to convey her longing as she waits for his return over many years. Both poems incorporate the authors' experiences of war and loss through creative literary devices.

1. America’s 20th Century Literature

2. "Rhapsody on a Windy Night"
by T.S. Eliot
• T.S Eliot had been present
when the war was taking
place. He had used his war
experience in the literature
he wrote . In this certain
poem he had used
personification referring to
a street lamp into
someone he had lost. He
also used personification
by giving the street lamp
human traits.

3. "The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter"
by: Ezra Pound
• In this poem the author had also
been experiencing the war.
During the time of the war, she
uses connections to nature and
seasons to show the audience
how long she’s been waiting.
The author is also hurt because
she sees herself growing as
nature does but she doesn’t
have her husband to grow with
her. Her last line she shows she
would walk 100 miles and risk
her life just to meet up with her
husband.

4. The End
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