Posted by Jamie on May 19, 19103 at 00:23:55:

In Reply to: Re: Eliot's cats posted by Monica on April 23, 19103 at 17:25:42:

: : Does anyone of you have information about litery cats?
: : Monica.

The only one I'm aware of is the cat imagery in Love Song of J Prufrock where Elliot uses a cat image to escapulate and give form to his sleazy ual imagery which he moves around in, or, which surrounds him.

The yellow fog imagery has cat-like features and one umes that the yellow fog is a ual cloud of decadence which seems to surround red-light districts. I certainly sensed such a spiritual cloud when walking along New York's 42 Street in its hey-day in the 1980s. Elliot's cat-fog moves in a land littered with ual imagery ie. let fall upon its back the soot (expelled semen)that falls from chimneys ( phallus) and the cat-fog also represents Prufrock's phallus which leads him onwards ie. licked its tounge in the corners of the evening (seeking a cervix)......and made a sudden leap ie. reference to ejaculation ...... and curled once around the house and fell asleep (post organisim the flagid phallus loses its desire).

But Prufrock's phallus is soon aroused again ....ie.there will be time for the yellow fog which rubs its back along the window pane ie. Prufrock's organ is chaffing for the chance to encounter a real female behind the windows in her boudoir.

But with Prufrock's dithering, the cat-phallus seems to wilt ie. I have seen the greatness of my moment flicker.

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