1. thesis Statement
The poem Gerontion by T.S Eliot is about the opinion and impressions of a gerontic through a monologue that describes Europe after WWI

2. context First published in 1920
Eliot considered using this poem as a preface to another work of his called “The Waste Land”.
Part of the modernism movement
This poem has two other versions the original script named Gerousia and the second version which has commentary by Ezra Pound

3. form The poem opens up with a epigraph Has a total of 8 stanzas
2 stanzas with 2 lines
Simple punctuation
The first word in the whole poem is capitalized

4. Language/stylistic technique
Tone : Located in lines 43-50
Allusion located in lines 7-8
Allusion located in lines 55-60

5. Figurative language/figures of speech
Rhetorical Question: Located in stanza 5 line 34,stanza 6 line also stanza 7 line 65-67
Imagery : Ex-” Being read to by a boy, waiting for rain .I was neither at the hot gates nor fought in the warm rain.
Personification: Located in stanza 7 lines 71 and 73

6. Figurative language/figures of speech Cont’d
Metaphor: The tiger
Juxtaposition: Also the tiger

7. sound
Alliteration: Located in stanza 5 line 34
Repetition
Free Verse

8. conclusion
The poem “Gerontion” by T.S Eliot is about an older man and his views and opinions about WWI. Eliot uses allusions, imagery and personification to get the mood/tone of the mans thoughts acrosss to the reader.