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Poem by [[T.S. Eliot]], regarded as one of the great works of modernist poetry. The poem was first published in Britain in October 1922, and later published in the USA in November of the same year. The poem is a polyphonous conglomerate of different voices that illuminates the terror, disillusionment and alienation of modern life in the wake of the First World War. | |||
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The poem has a mystical and dark atmosphere. It capture the feelings and sentiments of modern culture that has been traumatized by a catastrophic war. Thus, some of the themes it presents are the loss of faith and moral values, lack of human relationship, mental tension, politics and war, and non-normative sexualities. The world is a man-made wasteland, waiting for a chance of re-birth. Each of the characters appear in sections to express their stress, disgust, confusion or loneliness and then vanish for the rest of the other sections. Also, the cities are described in a post-apocalyptic sense, where its citizens roam the shattered streets in search of redemption. ''The Waste Land'' is full of allusions to mythology, religion, history, and international theologies. | The poem has a mystical and dark atmosphere. It capture the feelings and sentiments of modern culture that has been traumatized by a catastrophic war. Thus, some of the themes it presents are the loss of faith and moral values, lack of human relationship, mental tension, politics and war, and non-normative sexualities. The world is a man-made wasteland, waiting for a chance of re-birth. Each of the characters appear in sections to express their stress, disgust, confusion or loneliness and then vanish for the rest of the other sections. Also, the cities are described in a post-apocalyptic sense, where its citizens roam the shattered streets in search of redemption. ''The Waste Land'' is full of allusions to mythology, religion, history, and international theologies. | ||
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1. The Burial of the Dead | 1. The Burial of the Dead | ||
2. A Game of Chess | 2. A Game of Chess | ||
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4. Death by Water | 4. Death by Water | ||
5. What the Thunder Said | 5. What the Thunder Said | ||
Latest revision as of 08:25, 23 July 2021
Poem by T.S. Eliot, regarded as one of the great works of modernist poetry. The poem was first published in Britain in October 1922, and later published in the USA in November of the same year. The poem is a polyphonous conglomerate of different voices that illuminates the terror, disillusionment and alienation of modern life in the wake of the First World War.
The Poem
The poem has a mystical and dark atmosphere. It capture the feelings and sentiments of modern culture that has been traumatized by a catastrophic war. Thus, some of the themes it presents are the loss of faith and moral values, lack of human relationship, mental tension, politics and war, and non-normative sexualities. The world is a man-made wasteland, waiting for a chance of re-birth. Each of the characters appear in sections to express their stress, disgust, confusion or loneliness and then vanish for the rest of the other sections. Also, the cities are described in a post-apocalyptic sense, where its citizens roam the shattered streets in search of redemption. The Waste Land is full of allusions to mythology, religion, history, and international theologies.
Structure
1. The Burial of the Dead 2. A Game of Chess 3. The Fire sermon 4. Death by Water 5. What the Thunder Said