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The Dry Salvages by TS Eliot is the third poem of poet’s set of four poems. The poem was written in 1941 when his lectures were threatened by air raids on Great Britain. The poem discusses the nature of time and what humanity’s place is on time. Analysis of ‘The Dry Salvages’ by T.S. Eliot… Continue reading Analysis of ‘The Dry Salvages’ by T.S. Eliot: 2022
This poem was written during 1915, when people affected by the war were looking for all sorts of escapism, ultimately turning to books and poems for it. This poem is a sort of escape too. The speaker of the poem escapes into his own mind and recaps memories while at the same time observing his… Continue reading Rhapsody On a Windy Night: Summary and Analysis: 2022
Gerontion, by T S Eliot, was first published in the year 1920. True to its name, which means ‘of or relating to old age,’ this poem describes through an old man his impressions and opinions and laments after World War I. The poem is considered the preface of a long and one of the most… Continue reading Gerontion: Summary and Analysis: 2022
Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was raised to see his destiny in terms of a life dedicated to the highest cultural ideals, manifested in an ethic of service through established social and cultural institutions. Eliot was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic and one of the twentieth century’s… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Ash Wednesday by T.S.Eliot
About The Poet: Thomas Stearns Elliot born on 26th September, 1888 was an essayist, a critic, a playwright and one of the well-known poets of the twentieth century. Some of his famous poems are ‘The Waste Land’, ‘Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’, ‘Journey of the Magi’, ‘Naming of Cats’ etc. He won the Nobel Prize… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Macavity: The Mystery Cat by T.S Eliot
This is a lesser-known short poem of Eliot published in Collected Poems 1909-1962. To the Indian Who Died in Africa: About the Poet The more one tries to say about T.S. Eliot, the more one fumbles for adjectives to describe the prodigious genius. Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888 – 1965) was born in America (St. Louis)… Continue reading To the Indian Who Died in Africa: Analysis
