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The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems
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T.S. Eliot takes a lot of work. I wouldn't recommend just plowing through The Wasteland on your own. It's the type of poem you only really understand when you discuss it in a group. If I hadn't studied it in a class in college, I'm sure I never would've understood it.
I would give 5 stars to Prufrock alone, and probably 3 or 4 to the rest. I especially loved Prufrock when I was single, b/c I think it captures the essence of male timidity. The language is oblique, but has some powerful contrasting imagery. And it boasts probably the best opening lines of all time: "Let us go now you and I, and watch the evening spread against the sky, like a patient etherized upon a table." That's the gist of it anyway. Never a more jarring simile than this.
I recommend Prufrock if you're up for a little challenge, and the Wasteland only if you're really ambitious.
I would give 5 stars to Prufrock alone, and probably 3 or 4 to the rest. I especially loved Prufrock when I was single, b/c I think it captures the essence of male timidity. The language is oblique, but has some powerful contrasting imagery. And it boasts probably the best opening lines of all time: "Let us go now you and I, and watch the evening spread against the sky, like a patient etherized upon a table." That's the gist of it anyway. Never a more jarring simile than this.
I recommend Prufrock if you're up for a little challenge, and the Wasteland only if you're really ambitious.
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January 1, 2003
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February 2, 2008
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Apr 30, 2013 08:53AM
T.S. Eliot seems to write in a very difficult to understand yet rewarding way. Once I can get through understanding the meanings, I can appreciate it. Hopefully by working together in a class setting we'll all undertsand it better. Group discussion can always help people collaborate and see what you understood or what you may have missed.
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