The subliminal connotation of a ‘Prude in a Frock’.
T.S. Eliot’s poem The Portrait of a Lady (composed 1910) is a descriptive monologue concerned with the meetings between a middle-aged society lady and a much younger man during a course spanning ten months. It was suggested by the poet’s visit to one Miss Adelaine Moffat, a well-known Boston hostess... Sign in to see full entry.