When reading the Waste Land, I found that I was lost in my own thoughts when trying to connect all of the pieces together. I found that instead of getting to an answer, I was getting more and more confused. To me, the Waste Land had an affect to where I felt as if I… View More

Aye, my lad, I’m inclined to agree, The words in The Wasteland be strange indeed. You, young man, are wise to heed And closely examine all that you read.   Share what you’ve read with men of words And see if they recoil from what they have heard. Sharing my tale, is my eternal vocation… View More

Well now…..I am at a loss for words. Though I appreciate the contributions it seems the supernatural have made to this work of epic poetry, it comes across as trying and confusing to quite a large degree. It reminds me of the battles I witnessed in the Great War. Battles where everyone died and no… View More

Someone seems slightly bitter Mr. Chettam, but one must know that love is a fickle little thing. Neither here nor there. Just because Dorothea chose Mr. Casaubon does not mean that every woman choses the wrong person, it could have been arranged for all you know. Mr Eliot was quite vague in his storytelling, but… View More

Today, I thank the heavens that my relaxing reading time was not wasted with nonsense as it was with Mina Loy and her ridiculous opinions of men and women relations.  I am glad for a piece of writing written by someone with more intelligence than she.  I did not find myself angry at T.S. Eliot… View More

Honestly, the way poor Mr. Casaubon went is much better than by means of drowning. I do, however, find it ironic how Eliot’s narrator is in dire need of water by the end of it. He goes from saying “your hair wet, i could not speak and my eyes failed,” to a reference from Mr…. View More

Well, this poet seems to be awfully negative. Are all modernist authors this negative? If so, it seems as though we better get used to this “nothing is going to get better so why bother” attitude. Elliot seems to be trying to point out all the horrors of the world; the one that struck me… View More

his week’s reading was something else! I would have to say that my favorite would be The Waste Land. I just take fancy to the fragmented pieces Eliot leaves for us. It is all about finding out what it means, which is very difficult to do however that’s what I love about it. Not knowing… View More

I was recently tasked with reading “The Wasteland” a poem written by T.S Eliot in the early 20th century. This piece specifically has been one of the toughest I’ve approached in quite some time. This surprised me as I consider myself one who has a great deal of skill regarding literature. Yet, this work often… View More

It is always difficult to see an artistic soul struggling with inexplicable events and feelings of loss or isolation. Poets, such as T.S. Eliot, can have such cleverness and interest in life it seems to them they are touching on the greatest themes of humanity, or that they are communicating with other creative spirits long… View More