Answer :
T.S. Eliot's "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" was influenced by the way urban life became gritty and nasty in the 20th century. City life had become a daily grind and at night there was prostitution and other ugliness.
The poverty and disease that came with industrial life were also in the background of T.S. Eliot's poem. A line in the poem refers to how "a washed- out smallpox cracks her face." In 1900, over 20,000 smallpox cases were reported in the United States. (Eliot wrote this poem in 1911.)
The poverty and disease that came with industrial life were also in the background of T.S. Eliot's poem. A line in the poem refers to how "a washed- out smallpox cracks her face." In 1900, over 20,000 smallpox cases were reported in the United States. (Eliot wrote this poem in 1911.)