TS Eliot's piece, Our Whimpering World
Title: TS Eliot's piece, Our Whimpering World
Category: /Literature/Biographies
Details: Words: 1323 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
TS Eliot's piece, Our Whimpering World
Category: /Literature/Biographies
Details: Words: 1323 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality"
-T.S. Eliot
Being an expatriate T.S. Eliot was extremely affected by World War I and as a
result his writings were blatantly dominated by his cynical views of the world around
him. Constructed in 1925 Eliot's poem "The Hollow Men" was one of many depressing
pieces that had evolved
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reveals misdirection within the
poem but it also mirrors Eliot's lack of direction within a larger context. As one of the
"hollow men" Eliot is without hope. His grim view of life leads him to believe that our
world with end "not with a bang but a whimper." Inevitably, when the world ends so will
the people. Assuming life is worthless the "hollow men" won't put up a fight but go
down with a whimper.