"The Hollow Men" by T.S. Eliot (poetry reading)

The Hollow Men was written in 1925

Eliot said the name was a mixture of "The Broken Men" of Rudyard Kipling with "The Hollow Land" of William Morris.

There are strong references to Guy Fawkes, particularly the ending.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollow_Men

The portrait of T.S. Eliot was by Wyndham Lewis in 1938

The picture is of a Japanese scarecrow, reworked in Paint Shop Pro. Here's the original picture:
http://tinyurl.com/y9hwp2h

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[MultiAncafe]

can you give me download link or upload a video link ?I wana show this poem to my teacher

[SpokenVerse]

@MultiAncafe There are free programs to download video or audio files from YouTube. But I expect your teacher has a computer and knows this poem, it's very famous.

[MultiAncafe]

@SpokenVerse teacher already knows I want to show it at class!Maybe my friends will hear an awesome poem !

thank you

[SpokenVerse]

@MultiAncafe You can download it to an iPod, phone or whatever you're got. Just google for YouTube converter. 

[Thinkify1]

I just saw something odd. If you go to passage V,he says, here we go round the prikly pear". There was a song we used to sing long ago. It has three lines as well. It goes " here we go round the mulberry bush". Very similar to one another, I have to say that Eliots poetry did shape this country to a degree, at-least enough to have a piece of his work incorporated in our shared western upbringing.

[SpokenVerse]

That's only one of many such references - quotations and snippets from other sources characterise Eliot's work.  There are references to the Gunpowder Plot, The Divine Comedy, Julius Caesar, and Conrad's Heart of Darkness.

The film "Apocalypse Now" was taken from "Heart of Darkness" and in it Marlon Brando recites this poem.

[2bsbc]

I appreciate the meter you use in your reading of this piece. I especially like your delivery of the last stanza. I never imagined it read it that manner. Powerful.

[slayerdart]

the last stanza gives me chill to the bones.. for some reason.. >.<

[MoneyMoss4ever]

@Thinkify1 it's the other way around buddy. We're studying this poem in my AP Lit class.

[1984jimmyjet]

Hi Tom, I hope you dont mind but Ive used your reading in my uni animation, its a great reading and I think my animation suits it quite well please check it out I'd love to hear your thoughts perhaps I can animate some more of your readings in future If you don't mind. Thank you.

[jkt3sc]

this poem is more relevant now then ever

[MultiAncafe]

T.S eliot is AWESOME symbollist poet.You can feel the emotion with your heart

[basketcase5295]

Was assigned this poem yesterday- knew you'd have it up on your account. You never cease to please with me your readings. Greatest channel ever.

[ndlelantle]

what a nice way to learn for my setwork exam :-D love this poem!!!