The Waste Land - T.S. Eliot

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T.S. Eliot reading The Waste Land. Recording of the poem by the poet himself set to some pictures. Nothing fancy. Just to get the audio up for anybody who has never heard him do it before.

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Um... I personally ... ( 2 months ago by FlinnMilligan)

Um... I personally was struck by his amusing attempts to cover up his American accent on his recordings.

Why people insist ... ( 2 months ago by FlinnMilligan)

Why people insist on commenting on themselves here, or treating this poem as a comment on themselves, I do not know. Do you not feel silly?

Can you please ... ( 2 months ago by ondrara)

Can you please attach the 3rd part of the poem? This is quite frustrating..

I have just posted ... ( 2 months ago by clearly)

I have just posted a "review" of Mr Eliot for which I am deeply ashamed! In mitigation he does sort of remind me of my own Dad and he was boring.. Eliot was surely better at writing than reading one hopes. He WAS from St Louis and took British citizenship in 1914 and "proof read" Ullyses by James Joyce. Please excuse me while I go into a corner and cry and sulk !

Poetry is mostly ... ( 2 months ago by MickeyLove01)

Poetry is mostly bollocks and I find it easy

People keep on ... ( 2 months ago by figliachepiange)

People keep on talking about Eliot's reading. His style is completley intended, it is thought in fear of people divining his own meanings in the poem. He wanted to add nothing to the poem but a voice, anonymous, ambiguous.

haha yes...but ... ( 2 months ago by hiddeninromance)

haha yes...but boring no
He was apparently a huge practical joker; I cannot help but feel this was a bit of a joke!
Did you ever hear at the annual poets convention he filled the coal burner with fireworks!!
what a guy

He's like the ... ( 2 months ago by Mentossie)

He's like the Madonna of Poetry.

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Well then your ... ( 1 month ago by BlackShapeOfNexus)

Well then your poetry must be simplistic and dry.

As you've never ... ( 1 month ago by MickeyLove01)

As you've never heard anything I've written you base your conclusions on nothing.

Well poetry surely ... ( 1 month ago by BlackShapeOfNexus)

Well poetry surely isn't easy. So sorry.

The Hollow Men = ... ( 1 month ago by kienzlesbc)

The Hollow Men = Fall (tragedy)
The Waste Land = Hell & Winter (isolation, stagnation, and apathy)
Ash Wednesday = Spring (redemption and reinvigorating vitality)
Four Quartets = The Garden (Heaven) & Summer (vitality and movement)
These poems focus on Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer, Heaven, and Hell as they exist within the subject, the interior, you and I. Like life itself Eliot's poetry is cyclical. This is why his images are so potent. "In my beginning is my end."

I'd like to add ... ( 1 month ago by kienzlesbc)

I'd like to add that there are no associations of "good" and "bad" with Summer or Winter respectively. On the contrary, every image or metaphor Eliot uses exhibits a quality benevolence and malace simultaneously (i.e. the lyric: "Winter kept us warm." Although this line seems contradictory, its insight is that Winter permits one to fall into the wasted land of a soul covered "in forgettful snow." In other words, winter is easy because we aren't forced to contemplate our existence.

That's okay. I ... ( 1 month ago by MickeyLove01)

That's okay. I assure you I find composing poetry very easy. Maybe I have a poetic spark.

Now when you say it ... ( 1 month ago by BlackShapeOfNexus)

Now when you say it that way it sounds much better. I thought you just meant easy as in it takes absolutely no skill.

A very interesting ... ( 3 weeks ago by lamedwufnik)

A very interesting comment. The multiple voice structure of this poem makes, for me, good and evil merge under the aegis of the effects of World War I, anonymous contemporary voices and ancient myths blended into a single current of glory and disappointment.

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echt deutsch? ... ( 1 week ago by headlisthorseman)

echt deutsch? eigentlich nicht!

What are the roots ... ( 1 week ago by headlisthorseman)

What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, You cannot say, or guess, for you know only A heap of broken images, where the sun beats, And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, And the dry stone no sound of water... ... I will show you something different from either Your shadow at morning striding behind you Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

FINALLY, a way to ... ( 1 week ago by literatehyaena)

FINALLY, a way to listen to this that doesn't involve RealPlayer.

Which part does he ... ( 1 week ago by gwillbizzle)

Which part does he say "the young man carbuncular arrives...?"

Right ... I find it ... ( 4 days ago by protosophia)

Right ... I find it strange because there are no Germans in Lithuania. Maybe there was a minority when the poem was written.

hypocrite lecteur! ... ( 52 minutes ago by lordofyourmind)

hypocrite lecteur! - mon semblable, - mon fr
ère! Certainly before the postmodern, Eliot is trying to establish a connection with the reader as Baudelaire did, so that the poet can give the reader his visions.

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