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The Waste Land and Other Poems
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Loosely based on the Arthurian legend of the Holy Grail and the Fisher King, “The Waste Land”, which first appeared in 1922, is a landmark work of Modernist poetry. Containing hundreds of allusions and quotations from other works, “The Waste Land” is marked by a disjointed structure which moves between voices and imagery without a clear delineation for the reader, a hallmark of Modernist literature. Arguably Eliot’s most famous work, the theme of the poem, as the title would suggest, is ultimately a dire one, of disillusionment, despair, and death. Also included in this collection is “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” a work which preceded “The Waste Land” having been first published in 1910. Regarded as the beginning of Eliot’s influential period, “Prufrock” was considered idiosyncratic at first but with time has been recognized as an important shift in poetry from the Romantic era to the Modernist one. “The Wasteland and Other Poems”, which includes an additional twenty-three poems, collects some of the most pivotal works of the Modernist literary movement, which would establish Eliot as one of the most important poets of the 20th century.
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“So, I earlier watched the movie The Gorge (2025) and the reference of “The Hollow Men” brought me back, reminiscing my early summer of 2018 when i read this in the library. this one clearly expresses on the unsettling look at emptiness, hopelessness, and the loss of meaning in life. the despair and confusion that was brought over by the war. However, while The Waste Land suggests that renewal or rebirth might still be possible despite the atrocity that has occurred in the past. Eliot has always used such haunting images, like dry fields and fading stars that you can easily visualise, to emphasize the sense of decay and the sense of being “rotten” and “lifelessness” that you can reflect upon. Nonetheless, it takes quite some time for a fresh out of fiction phase readers to be able to understand what metaphors, symbolism and allusions he is trying to convey. of course, not everyone’s cup of tea if you’re someone who does not overanalyses things.”
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