Theres something about this poem that appeals to me more than the waste land. Although I know the waste land is obviously more epic. I think maybe because it addresses the half formed thoughts of advancing time and mundanity in such an eloquent voice. I have always found this poem to be odd because a lot of the imagery employed is out dated and yet a lot of it still seems almost beyond contemporary (when I am formulated and sprawling on a pin...how shall I begin?)
@Agutrot12 I feel the poem itself must have resounded more with the interwar generation on an immediate level (though I know he composed it slightly before). However the genius of Eliot the poet, and for all great poets, is his abstract descriptions of his own time and sense of mortality are ideas that will never leave the human condition and, even if the 'talking of michaelangelo' seems dated to me, to 'prepare a face to greet the faces that you meet' will never lose its relevance.
Thank you for posting this, michaelogawa.
writersblock26 1 month ago
Theres something about this poem that appeals to me more than the waste land. Although I know the waste land is obviously more epic. I think maybe because it addresses the half formed thoughts of advancing time and mundanity in such an eloquent voice. I have always found this poem to be odd because a lot of the imagery employed is out dated and yet a lot of it still seems almost beyond contemporary (when I am formulated and sprawling on a pin...how shall I begin?)
BelatedCommiseration 1 month ago
@BelatedCommiseration This poem is murderously relevant.
Agutrot12 4 days ago
@Agutrot12 I feel the poem itself must have resounded more with the interwar generation on an immediate level (though I know he composed it slightly before). However the genius of Eliot the poet, and for all great poets, is his abstract descriptions of his own time and sense of mortality are ideas that will never leave the human condition and, even if the 'talking of michaelangelo' seems dated to me, to 'prepare a face to greet the faces that you meet' will never lose its relevance.
BelatedCommiseration 4 days ago
Really nice!!
videoina 1 year ago