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When the conversation turns to poets of the twentieth century, one name always included is T.S. Eliot. The poet is famous to new audiences from his appearance in Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row,” and the concept and poems which became the hit Broadway musical Cats. Like many of his peers, Eliot’s poetry makes up many anthologies and collections. The one I’ll review today, originally published in 1922 is The Waste Land and Other Poems. There’s plenty of academic analysis depending upon the edition read, but all of that is meaningless. It’s a poetry collection, so let’s get to the poems. As I read each poem, I made a few brief notes as to my initial thoughts...

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cmcrockford's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Hard to rate/review though the 1920 poems are deeply anti-Semitic and often vile in that regard.

lukija's review against another edition

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4.0

Melankolinen vahva subliimia lempeästi silittelevä lukukokemus. Runoja vuosilta 1909-1935.

gosia_maria99's review against another edition

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5.0

Amidst wedding planning, preparing for an international move, intense essay writing, and studying all day every day, to read this was a breath of fresh air.

shoggoth_roof's review against another edition

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4.0

Reading Eliot is always a pleasure and listening to him reading his poems is totally awesome! I just love the way he reads them and his voice. I have read him while I was at university and I thought it was a good time to re-read some of his poems when I found this book on the library. Amazing as always. The only "bad thing" is that this edition is the kind of "selected poems" and not a whole book that Eliot wrote that way. A must-read poet.

Desde que terminé la universidad no había vuelto a tocar a Eliot, y al verlo en la biblioteca pensé que este pequeño libro sería una buena forma de retomar el contacto. Personalmente me gusta leer los poemas mientras escucho a su autor, y por suerte la mayoría de los aquí recopilatorios fueron grabados y se encuentran en Youtube. Comentar también que poemas como "Marina" tienen una fuerza tremenda y que no os dejarán indiferentes. Uno de los obligatorios.

vickstar's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

1.75

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