Eliot
The Waste Land
When I opened up the poem and looked at the first line, I was immediately thrown back to grade 12. Not because I’d read it before, but because in my writer’s craft class the teacher used to give us prompts … Continue reading →
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For a Wasteland, it’s rather vibrant
T.S. Eliott’s Wasteland was confusing. All those imagery pretty much filled my senses like, as Kevin said, a minature movie reel playing. Wait.. HOLD THAT THOUGHT… If it’s a Wasteland, it’s certainly not a poetical or a wasteland that’s not … Continue reading → Continue reading →
The Waste(d) Land
Warning: This post contains spoilers for the movie “World’s Greatest Dad”. I think I’ll get this off my chest first – I’ve never been a fan of poetry. What I am about to explain about that could be attributed to any other form of expression too I assume – music, movies, novels – but personally […]
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Whose Waste Land?
The first time reading through this, I was curious to read all the footnotes (regardless of reading Kevin’s blog just before hand) because I found them interesting in themselves, and at times useful. Let’s just say that I’m really grateful … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Thoughts on The Waste Land
Honestly this poem was extremely frustrating to read, and I’m sure others in our class agree. I found it interesting that he included allusions from many other sources in order to create something very new and personal, but at the … Continue reading → Continue reading →
TS Eliot: Fragmented World/Poem
It’s true that we read for plot quite often. It’s all about a good story, and some conflict, and a climax and a resolution. Heck, when I was younger I would sometimes skip the pages with emotional interludes so I … Continue reading → Continue reading →
The Waste Land
So why should April be the “cruellest month”? Anybody with a vaguely Christian background or knowledge will associate April with Easter… renewal, regeneration, rebirth, salvation, God, meaningfulness and certainty after a long frozen winter of doubt and dread. In places … Continue reading
The Waste Land
So why should April be the “cruellest month”? Anybody with a vaguely Christian background or knowledge will associate April with Easter… renewal, regeneration, rebirth, salvation, God, meaningfulness and certainty after a long frozen winter of doubt and dread. In places … Continue reading
The Waste Land
This poem confused the Hell out of me when I first read it. The dark depressing imagery had no real rhyme or reason to it, and I found myself floating in a real sea of sad confusion. However, I went back and re-read it, as well as the introduction, Eliot’s notes, and many of the […] Continue reading →
The Waste Land
Unlike the blogger who said that he was pissed at buying a book he wouldn’t even read a quarter off, I wasn’t “pissed” at all. It’s one more book for me to add to my home library. I love it … Continue reading →
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