Eliot gives his impressions about the modern people through a protagonist of the poem named Tiresias. The poem is, in fact, a mixture of many styles like narrative, dramatic, lyric & allusive. He has used various myths and legends with the help of allusions, symbols, quotations and phrases.

Still, the importance of its theme and the brilliance of its technique give it a high rank as one of the most significant works of modern literature.Įliot has used several devices in The Waste Land to link the present with the past. The poem is enormously complex, making great demands upon the readers. He has written The Waste Land in 433 lines and divided it into five sections. Eliot gives a vivid description of the ravages caused by the First World War. The poem truly depicts life in London in the aftermath of the First World War. Eliot: IntroductionĬleanth Brooks describes The Waste Land as a ‘highly condensed epic of the modern age’. Conclusion 1.’ The Waste Land’ by T.S.Analysis of Structure ‘The Waste land’ by T. 2.3 Parallelism of Past and the Present.2.2 Depiction of Disillusionment in ‘The Waste Land’ by T.S.

2.1.4 Loss of Faith, Moral Values, and Compassion.2.1.3 How does Eliot sum up Europe’s lack of spiritual significance?.2.1.2 Glimpses of All Sections of Modern Society.2.1.1 Lack of Spiritual Significance and Perversion of Sex.1.2.1 Section I: The Burial of the Dead.1.1 How does Eliot describe the ‘Physical Wasteland’ in his poem?.“DA Datta: what have we given? My friend, blood shaking my heart The awful daring of a moment's surrender Which an age of prudence can never retract By this, and this only, we have existed Which is not to be found in our obituaries Or in memories draped by the beneficent spider Or under seals broken by the lean solicitor In our empty rooms 410 DA Dayadhvam: I have heard the key Turn in the door once and turn once only We think of the key, each in his prison Thinking of the key, each confirms a prison Only at nightfall, aetherial rumours Revive for a moment a broken Coriolanus DA Damyata: The boat responded Gaily, to the hand expert with sail and oar 420 The sea was calm, your heart would have responded Gaily, when invited, beating obedient To controlling hands I sat upon the shore Fishing, with the arid plain behind me Shall I at least set my lands in order? London Bridge is falling down falling down falling down Poi s'ascose nel foco che gli affina Quando fiam ceu chelidon - O swallow swallow Le Prince d'Aquitaine a la tour abolie 430 These fragments I have shored against my ruins Why then Ile fit you.

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