The Waste Land
Poem by T. S. Eliot
What is the meaning of the wasteland?
It can be viewed as a poem about loss and hopelessness and also shows the social and emotional collapse.
What is the original title of the poem?
The original title of the Wasteland is ''He do the Police in Different Voices''
When Wasteland was published?
1922.
How does Eliot open this poem.
Eliot opens this poem with the spring season when he declares the month of April as the cruelest month of the
season.
How many parts are in the Wasteland?
Five
What are the specific memories of poets?
Poet shares his specific childhood memories of a woman named Marie.
Which city name was written in the Wasteland?
City of London.
In which verse was the Wasteland is written?
Wasteland is written in blank verse and free verse.
Who is Phlebas?
Phlebas is a sailor whose dead body is found in the bottom of the sea.
Who is Madame Sosostris?
Madame Sosostris is an astrologist. She tells the fortune of the people. Though there is ban on astrology in England and the police captures who practice it, the lady practices it indoor.
What does the poet say about lovers?
The poet tells about two lovers who are indulged in love affair without any sensual pleasure. They look like machine just to do its job.
Why do the people not want to apart from one another.
People do not want to apart from one another because they are afraid of loneliness. They know the bitter pain
of loneliness.
How many lines are in the Wasteland?
434.
Which Greek myth does the poet refer in the poem?
The poet refers to the Greek myth of turning a young woman in nightingale. She was raped by a king and thus she represents her sorrow in her painful voice.
What does the poet tell about Tiresias?
The poet tells that Tiresias, the blind prophet was turned into a woman by the goddess Hera for seven years.
Name the five parts of the Wasteland?
Wasteland is divided into five parts.These are,
i. The Burial of the Dead
ii. A Game of Chess
iii.The Fire Sermon
iv.Death by Water
v.What the thunder Said
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