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Eliot, T.S., 1888-1965 . I. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD . April is the cruellest month, breeding . Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing . Memory and desire, stirring . Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering 5 . Earth in forgetful snow, feeding . A little life with dried tubers.
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May 1, 1998 · This influential work captures the disillusionment and fragmentation of post-World War I society, exploring themes of despair, cultural decay, and the possibility of renewal amid chaos. The poem is constructed in five sections, each offering a unique perspective on life, death, and rebirth.
- T. S. Eliot
- English
- 1922
- The Waste Land
The cultural degeneration from Shakespeare to popular music is emblematic of the decline and debasement seen throughout The Waste Land. Eliot has interestingly affixed an “O O O O” to the beginning of the song, which is reminiscent of the final lines of Hamlet: “The rest is silence. / O, o, o, o.”. It’s so elegant.
Burton Rascoe in the "New York. Tribune," characterizes THE WASTE. LAND as, "A thing of bitterness and. beauty, which is a crystallization or a. synthesis of all the poems Mr. Eliot has hitherto written." He goes still. further, when he says, THE WASTE. LAND, "Is, perhaps, the finest poem of this generation; at all events it is.
Text of The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot with annotations, references, map, and Eliot's notes.
Nov 18, 2017 · By T. S. Eliot. Contents. “Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis. vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Σίβυλλα τί θέλεις; respondebat illa: ἀποθανεῖν θέλω.” For Ezra Pound. il miglior fabbro. I. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. April is the cruellest month, breeding. Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing. Memory and desire, stirring.
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This study explores and analyses these aspects of meaninglessness and absurdity in The Waste Land (1930) in the light of Sartre’s philosophy and contends to say that almost all of the characters presented in the poem encounter meaningless and chaotic lives.
