Read the following excerpt from "Preludes" by T. S. What aspect of this poem most clearly marks it as a work of modernism? Eliot:
The winter evening settles down
With smell of steaks in passageways.
Six o'clock.
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
And now a gusty shower wraps
The grimy scraps
Of withered leaves about your feet
And newspapers from vacant lots;
The showers beat
On broken blinds and chimney-pots,
And at the corner of the street
A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps.
And then the lighting of the lamps.
What aspect of this poem most clearly marks it as a work of Modernism?
A. It argues for the transcendence of the human spirit.
B. It challenges the idea of city life as fast paced.
C. It portrays a contemporary urban landscape.
C
D. It conveys a sense of disillusionment with city life.