The Waste Land by Thomas S. Eliot

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Whether you enjoy poetry or not, TS Eliot's The Wasteland is a work of literature that makes a rich, compelling, mystical and thought-provoking reading experience. It's one of those timeless works that seems to renew itself on each subsequent reading and you will find something new and unique every time.Some of the lines have become familiar to many of us: “April is the cruellest month....” “I will show you fear in a handful of dust” and many more. Written after the moral and social crisis that gripped much of the world after the end of WWI, this poem was considered experimental and path-breaking for that era. The deliberately fragmented form and unconventional line patterns make it unusual and interesting.The poem's main theme is the devastation that laid waste much of the West after the first terrible war. The bleak and depressing aftermath of destruction, the psychological impact on the survivors who cannot find their own moral compasses, the quest for peace and order are all p