My reflection on T.S. Eliot, The Winter Evenings Settles Down

1.) What mood is evoked by the images in Eliot's poem?
The poem begins with a bodily sensation of smelling steaks in the passageways of the city. It quickly turns into visual imagery. Eliot is visualizing burnt-out ends of smoky days, with a gusty shower begining. He sees leaves floating about his feet, newspapers, a smoking chimney, and a stamping cab-horse. The mood that I interpret from this poem is wanting to cuddle up next to a fire and read a good book. Winter is beginning and the town is becoming empty due to cold wheather. It brings about a sense of emptiness or deserted....With the vacant lots and broken blinds and chimney-pots.

2.) What kind of city neighborhood has the poet chosen to describe? How can you tell?
To me, it sounds like a part of the city that has been deserted, or has turn into poverty. However, I am horrible at poetry and could be completely off on this!!