cm8722 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I have no doubt that this is the masterpiece of last centuries's poetry

jtallen12345 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This poem, in my opinion forms the most crystalline and eye-openingly dazzling insight into the wanderings of the human mind. So beautiful and tragic.

GraxtheDestroyer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

My favorite reading is by Alec Guiness.

nerg111 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

T.S. Eliot finally I hear his voice - after all this years!"I am poet I know it hope i don't blow it"Robert Zimmerman But why is this unique clip under entertainment? This should be listed under poetry!John K Lindgren Bangkok Monday 6th of October 09:18 (no AM no PM) and don't forget the colon after 09.(09.18 how would that look like!).Panta rei

Bicicletasaladas (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

that reveal new intentions (Eliot comes to the point of including just lone three word phrases, being the source from where it came from the important fact)

Bicicletasaladas (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i mean, i love the waste land, i love Eliot but i can't stop thinking that maybe this poem and the generations of poets and songs it has spawned have brought poetry to the edge of extinction- confining it to a solemn and restricted mausoleum- because of it's hermetic intelectuality.Nevertheless this poem works on many levels: you can read it and discover it is a compound of quotations and recall inmediatly the point of the poem. But then you do your heavy research and find deeper meanings

Matt4united (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

brilliant

manatsunoshi (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

the way he pronounces his r's makes me laugh... sorry, can't help it :D

manatsunoshi (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

actually, there were lots and lots of germans in lithuania (as well as in latvia and estonia) until the first world war

JohnSNeely (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yes it does give me an angle on getting into this complex piece, thanks for the help. I like the idea of the fusion of different voices across time in the relation to the loss of individuality. This would seem to fit into what I have read about the modernists in general. I am going to re-read ths with such thoughts in mind, thanks.