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T. S. Eliot opens The Waste Land with an epigraph taken from a Latin novel by Petronius. The epigraph describes a woman with prophetic powers who has been blessed with long life, but who doesn’t stay eternally young. Facing a future of irreversible decrepitude, she proclaims her longing for death.
April is the cruellest month, breeding. Dull roots with spring rain. A little life with dried tubers. And drank coffee, and talked for an hour. Bin gar keine Russin, stamm' aus Litauen, echt deutsch. And I was frightened. He said, Marie, Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
From The Waste Land (Boni & Liveright, 1922) by T.S. Eliot. This poem is in the public domain. The Waste Land - April is the cruellest month, breeding / Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing / Memory and desire, stirring / Dull roots with spring rain.
Time Period: 20th Century. 'The Waste Land,' with its overarching complexity, fragmented structure, and vast allusions, is a masterpiece of literary modernism depicting the mood of its times, including the desolation and hopelessness of the modern human condition. View Poetry + Review Corner.
The Waste Land, first published in 1922, is arguably the most important poem of the whole twentieth century. It remains a timely poem, even though its origins were very specifically the post-war Europe of 1918-22.
May 1, 1998 · Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965: Title: The Waste Land Language: English: LoC Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature: Subject: Poetry Subject: Prose poems Category: Text: EBook-No. 1321: Release Date: May 1, 1998: Most Recently Updated: Mar 24, 2021: Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA. Downloads ...
Poem Guide. The Hearers to Collection: T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land. Who are all these people? Where is this waste land they inhabit? What is this chaos of impressions we are privy to? Wherefore such madness? By Tyler Malone. Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images.
