In five pages this paper analyzes the modernist theme of this poem and Eliot is compared with other poets including Hilda Doolittle, William Carlos Williams, and Ezra Pound. There are no other sources listed.
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humanity. Modernism was not something that many creative intellectuals heralded as magical. They feared this form of evolution in the society and saw it as something that was ultimately destructive
to the passionate and creative evolution of society. Eliots poem "The Waste Land" is a poem that illustrates these perceptions through a complex presentation. In the following paper we examine
the poem as it reflects Eliots perceptions. The paper then discusses how he was similar and yet different from his contemporaries as he presented those perceptions.
Eliot and Modernism in "The Waste Land" Throughout Eliots poem we are provided with small examinations of different perspectives. For the most part the reader is hit with incredibly sterile
environments that speak of fear and of emptiness. In the first few lines, coming from The Burial of the Dead, Eliot states, "APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding/ Lilacs out
of the dead land, mixing/ Memory and desire, stirring/ Dull roots with spring rain./ Winter kept us warm, covering/ Earth in forgetful snow, feeding/ A little life with dried tubers"
(Eliot 1-7). In these lines we see a vision that appears to tell us that any hope of true growth is impossible. There is a sense that the earth
is mocking our hopes, and at the same time the teasing promise of Spring is false. With the coming of this Spring we can also envision how the truths of
the war, and the death that was seen, truly become visible. For example, in the perspective of this particular reader the snows and heavy winter are envisioned. With snow and
cover much of death is hidden beneath the surface. But, when the warm air arrives and the snows melt, what was hidden beneath the surface can now be seen. Things