Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Exploring The Waste Land

This was my internet research for The Waste Land, this site is a learning resource allowing exploration of T.S.Eliot poem. Part of the site uses a framed presentation of the poem with hyperlinked notes, definitions, transtlations, cross referenced, texts of works alluded to, commentary, and questions to the reader. So I thought this was helpful for me. I learned about a few points of Eliot's one was, "the only way to learn about life is by exploring" well that is so very true. I learned many readers have had difficulty following this poem, so we are not alone. This site said that Eliot's use of allusion is part of the reason it is so difficult.
I found how some of the words used or items used in his poem where for reasons of his own, so some of this poem is part of Eliot but it is still a bit chunky for me and I will try to read it again this summer and see what effect it will have on me then.

1 comment:

  1. Hey Tracy,

    The site you're talking about sounds like something that could probably help me. I'm still lost when it comes to the Waste Land. Would you mind posting the link to the website you found? Enjoyed the blog.

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