First published in 1922‚ T.S. Eliot’s poem The Waste Land is a major work of modernist literature. Written in the aftermath of the First World War‚ Eliot’s poem describes the disorganization and collapse of society. In recounting this‚ the poet covers a wide variety of topics‚ incorporates many different images‚ and encompasses manifold languages and cultures. One major theme that Eliot treats in detail is the role of technology and industrialization in the downfall of Western civilization. Unlike
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The Waste Land is a poem written in a post-world war society which describes a series of characters‚ settings‚ and relationships‚ the majority of which are sterile and desolate. Appleyard considers the mood that dominates the poem‚ “The one connecting device is a mood of despair‚ of barren dislocation”. Within the Waste Land Eliot persistently presents a modern world which is full of isolation and despair using each of the portraits of either settings‚ characters or through the depiction of relationships
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The Waste Land‚ a 434-line modernist poem by T.S. Eliot revolves around a world of what seems to be chaotic and dead‚ and led by a single protagonist. Throughout The Waste Land‚ there are many uses of symbolism with tarot cards‚ astrology‚ and especially the game of chess: The game of chess is such a meaningful symbol throughout the story‚ that metaphors are used to describe the situation and emotions of the characters throughout the poem by describing them as chess pieces and in check-mate situations
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Sweet Thames In the poem‚ The Waste Land‚ there are many images given that help to allude to a deeper meaning and give a hidden feeling to what is being read. In the third part of the poem‚ the lines “Sweet Thames‚ run softly‚ till I end my song.” (Part III‚ line 5) give the feeling of mourning and gloom. This feel is directly related to the lines that follow which talk about crying and death. The mood for the rest of the part has dark and ominous setting because of this line. The image is added
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Towards the end of The Waste Land‚ the poetic voice says: ‘These fragments I have shored against my ruins’ (Eliot‚ The Waste Land‚ p. 140). Discuss this assertion in relation to the entire poem. In this part of the presentation I will be looking at Eliot’s fragmented form which produces a chaotic effect‚ and then discuss how the voice of the speaker who says ‘These fragments I have shored against my ruins’ might bring the poem together to form an order and a platform for the blend of images‚ languages
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126 The Ocean-Desert: The Ancient Mariner and. The Waste Land FLORENCE MARSH WHEN Coleridge’s The Ancient Mariner and T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land are juxtaposed‚ the two poems become mutually illuminating. Nor is the juxtaposition arbitrary‚ since both are essentially religious poems concerned with salvation. In both‚ the protagonist needs to recover from a living death‚ from spiritual dryness. Structurally‚ The Waste Land has almost no narrative thread‚ no story‚ but it sounds motifs that
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As a modern poem”The Wasteland” “Eliot’s Waste Land is I think the justification of the ‘movement‚’ of our modern experiment‚ since 1900‚” wrote Ezra Pound shortly after the poem was published in 1922. T.S. Eliot’s poem describes a mood of deep disillusionment stemming both from the collective experience of the first world war and from Eliot’s personal travails. Born in St. Louis‚ Eliot had studied at Harvard‚ the Sorbonne‚ and Oxford before moving to London‚ where he completed his doctoral dissertation
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sudden frost disturbed its bed? ’Oh keep the Dog far hence‚ that’s friend to men‚ ’Or with his nails he’ll dig it up again! ’You! Hypocrite lecteur! – mon semblable‚ - mon frère!’ T.S. Eliot‚ “The Burial of the Dead”‚ The Waste Land‚ lines 60-76. T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land is a Modernist piece of literature. Combining “traditional content” and radical style‚ Eliot has captured the tension between past and present. For him‚ the past is at once nostalgic‚ yet responsible for the present shared
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Cleanth. "The Waste Land: An Analysis." T.S. Eliot. ed. B. Rajan. New York: Funk and Wagnall ’s‚ 1948. Drew‚ Elizabeth. T.S. Eliot: The Design of His Poetry. New York: Charles Scribner ’s Sons‚ 1949. Fry‚ Northrop. T.S. Eliot. New York: Capricorn Books‚ 1972. Headings‚ Phillip R. T.S. Eliot. New York: Twayne Publishing‚ 1964 Kenner‚ Hugh‚ ed Martin‚ Graham‚ ed. Eliot in Perspective. New York: Humanities Press‚ 1970. Martin‚ Jay‚ ed. A Collection of Critical Essays on "The Waste Land." Englewood Cliffs
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however it is not. In "the Waste Land" by Thomas Sterns Eliot‚ he states‚ "April is the cruellest month." This is a metaphor which in my situation reflects the truth. There are many reasons as to why people prefer to live outside of the city but work in the heart of it. I look forward and try to imagine what T.S. Eliot would think if he saw these city streets. In his book‚ "the Waste Land‚" it is forced into our imagination that the world is dead; the earth is a waste land. He calls the city an "Unreal
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