Summary of Sweeney Among the Nightingale by T.S. Eliot
Sweeney Among the Nightingale - T.S. Eliot T. S. Eliot’s Sweeney among the Nightingale talks about the evil overcoming human society. In this poem the contemporary world is portrayed in a state of moral decay. In Aeschylus, Agamemnon cries out “Alas I have been struck deep with a mortal blow after his wife Clytemnestra murders him in his bath. Sweeney represents a modern figure caught in the grips of the evil. He is among the Nightingales (world). T.S. Eliot gives a double meaning for the term Nightingale. These birds are also associated with sorrow. This bird also suggests the story of philomel. The poet uses certain animal images to describe the Sweeney. He is called Ape Neck and in his face the appearance of Zebra and Giraffe is also observed. In the first stanza Sweeney is unaware about the danger and enjoys himself as a mere observer. The second stanza emphasizes the danger threatening Sweeney’s life. He employs certain signs in the sky as omens of approaching