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anahita
06-28-2007, 07:03 AM
Dear freinds, what do you think about T.S.Eliot ((The Wasteland)).

I think it reveals us the 20th century (world of nothingness),nobody has no identity,all people wandering around a circle that is itself wandering.Am i right???

The Waste Land

Part 1 - 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
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.
Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnbergersee
With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade,
And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten
And drank coffee, and talked for an hour.
Bin gar keine Russin, stamm’ aus Litauen, echt deutsch.
And when we were children, staying at the arch-duke’s,
My cousin’s, he took me out on a sled,
And I was frightened. He said, Marie,
Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
In the mountains, there you feel free.
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.

beauti_life
09-22-2007, 09:59 AM
hi
how are you
can you help me please
i want Critical analyses
about this part
can you help me??
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atticus
01-24-2008, 10:07 PM
The Waste Land talks about the fall of Christianity and the rise other, more European religions. This is evident throughout the whole poem, but is most obvious toward the end.