Again, the 'Unreal City' seems to be a mixture of places and times all merged into one. There seems to be a mix of ancient Greece, modern day London. Also, the lines "Under the brown fog of winter" are repeated however, in the first part of the 'Unreal City' it says dawn, and now it is noon. So it seems like time is elapsing in this Unreal City. It kind of distorts our sense of time, since different time periods seem to be mixed, yet the flow of the day seems to go on as normal.

These sentences kind or remind me of Gertrude stein. The speaker here says "what are you thinking of? What thinking? What?" -- this reminds me of the "Next to barber bury china glass" lines in "Sacred Emily." It seems like the speaker is cutting out words down to essentially "Speak" and "What."

The setting here is London, near Saint Mary Woolnoth which is a church. However, the speaker here seems to be referencing the battle of Mylae which took place around 200 B.C. Furthermore, the speaker goes on to reference a corpse planted in the garden. There seems to be elements of the past and present mixed together, as well as elements of surrealism.

This line stood out to me, not only because it is longer than the rest of the lines but because it repeats "a firm terrible" and "hindering." This creates a rushed/panicked feeling in a way.

This line highlights the contrast between the two neighbors. One is "all pine" and the speaker is an "apple orchard." These two trees are very different, one is used for its fruit, it is colorful and bright, while the other is mainly used for its wood and it is darker. I think the difference between the two neighbors is something that we see later when they disagree about the need for a wall between the two.

The repetition of this line reminds me of a lullaby. Although the speaker says he still has to travel for miles before he sleeps, it sounds like he may actually be drifting to sleep.

This reminds me of the juxtapositions we spoke about in "The Dynamo and the Virgin." Adams compared power vs beauty, letter vs art, facts vs feeling. Here DuBois is juxtaposing two forces in America: One is the mainstream white America that is "dusty desert of dollars and smartness" while Black America is "jovial," "soulful" and so on. Here one can say that DuBois is showing the two sides of America, one being all about capitalism and achievement, while Black America is about soul and feeling.

This reminds me of the Adams piece in that there is a sort of revelation. In Adams' case, he sees the world shift from one based on the arts to one that is technology based. For W.E.B. DuBois, it is a sudden realization that he is black, and therefore he is not the same as the others. In addition, this sort of calls to mind the theme of alienation as seen in Adams' piece.

Are women in this piece a symbol of the arts/religion?

This connects to the speaker's earlier idea of learning facts versus actual application.

I wonder why the speaker compares Venus and the Virgin to dynamos and automobiles? Perhaps it has something to do with there being a mystery behind it, a kind of fantasy, or myth. It seems that throughout, the speaker is not quite sure of the forces and sciences behind this new technology, as if though he has stepped into a new world.

The way technology is described here makes it seem like it is a powerful and unmovable force. The dynamo, perhaps a representation of technology, is like a new reigning power. Somehow, because it is impressive and difficult to understand, it causes a type of fear which makes "man silent before infinite force." It is almost as if the dynamo is being compared to God.

To me the "sweet glues" of the pigs feet and the various descriptions of parts of a pig feel as if though the pig is being eaten or slaughtered. Who/what is the pig? Is it being eaten by the Lion?

Throughout the poem, the phrase "they Lion" is repeated. This is grammatically incorrect, but perhaps it gives us insight on who/what exactly the Lion is. The phrase is written in what would be considered colloquial or improper English. Considering the context of the rest of the poem, it could be that the Lion is the "uneducated" working class of Detroit.