The Waste Land/response to, "How to read"

I had to agree with Mary Karr, the poems as individuals are good poems. I felt something when I read this, "In terms of shape, the poem is a collage, somewhat disparate pieces assembled to create in readers the kind of despair that infected much of Western Europe after the Great War." after reading that the poems have more meaning to me. The poems have words from a long time ago and so there is lots of history and changes from the wars, all this brings great depth to the poems. The French language and the other languages do not help but I think it was to add something more to make the poems different and stand out. Look how much controversy it is getting now. I am learning to understand and appreciate all kinds of works in the poem world!

The Spanish Tragedy excerpt

this was a little bit of a nice sweet poem/excerpt it was easy to read and I liked it. I am not sure where this is from or what else to say about it. It was a nice short poem.

The Waste Land

OMG!!!
At this point of the poems, it started out like your normal poem, and then just became too hard to read with a different language and all. Sometimes it sounded like a small story but I still could not get into it or enjoy it like a poem should be. I am not sure what the different phases are or titles and whether it goes together or not, that is how lost I am. Can someone help me understand any of this?
Once I start re-reading parts of the poem, I can't help but have questions, like the first part of the poem, the title, "The buriel of the dead" this makes me think about burying dead people but as I read on, the poem sounds like it is talking about plants, second line. "Lilacs out of the dead land" or page 7, line 71, "that corpse you planted last year in your garden" now is he talking about flowers or corpse? Is this about the title or what? Line 72, Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year? It seems to be about plants and gardens, frost and rain etc.

Where are you going,where have you been?

This was a dark story for me. I think it hit me hard because I am a mother of 2 children and do not ever want to think of this happening to them. It was hard for me to finish it, but with what is on the news today I make sure my kids are aware of the cruel world they need to protect them self from. This story was short but not sweet. I could not decide which was real or a dream or a demon. Was Connie dreaming of what would happen if she keeps on the way she does with boys, or is this about the devil, or is this your typical loser, stalking and raping young girls? I do know it was dark and the man was evil. Anyone want to help me on this one/

reflection on "The Great Gapsby"

Wow! where can I begin, it was a hard book for me because I would get lost from time to time, but over all I did get the point in the end. Tom and Daisy had some issues and it reflected the love for each other or with anyone else. It was a crazy love mess with all the characters and they all need some serious therapy. Poor Gatsby