I'm absolutely obsessed with The Waste Land and Prufrock (and would be quoting the entire poems if I started so you'll just have to believe me that thI'm absolutely obsessed with The Waste Land and Prufrock (and would be quoting the entire poems if I started so you'll just have to believe me that they are bomb ), and of course The Hollow Men has that INSANELY good ending:
This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.
And Ash Wednesday's opening is a riot too:
"Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn "
BUT THEN WHY DOES NO ONE EVER TALK ABOUT CHORUSES FROM THE ROCK?
"In the beginning GOD created the world. Waste and void. Waste and void. And darkness was upon the face of the deep. "
and
"That men both deny gods and worship gods, professing first Reason, and then Money, and Power, and what they call Life, or Race, or Dialectic. The Church disowned, the tower overthrown, the bells upturned, what have we to do But stand with empty hands and palms turned upwards In an age which advances progressively backwards? "...more
This is my third time reading it and it's really grown on me. There are just some lines that leave me absolutelyshooketh.I would definitely recommenThis is my third time reading it and it's really grown on me. There are just some lines that leave me absolutelyshooketh.I would definitely recommend this, it's just the absolute coolest thing ever, though I think all Eliot's poetry really benefits from rereading because it's just so difficult to even understand on a basic level.
A few absolute highlights: - the first Latin part about Sybil which is just!!!!!!! such a dramatic start ( "Sybil, what do you want? I want to die." Okay lemme start this poem now) - "Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, // Had a bad cold" - "My cousin's, he took me out on a sled, // And I was frightened. He said, Marie, // Marie, hold on tight. And down we went." This is probably my favourite thing EVER. - "These fragments I have shored against my ruins" - Basically the whole part with the married couple and the woman getting a nervous breakdown, but particularly: "My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me. // Speak to me. Why do you never speak? Speak. // What are you thinking of? What thinking? What? // I never know what you are thinking. Think." - HuRrY uP pLeAsE iT's TiMe - And last but just as epic as the rest: "That corpse you planted last year in your garden, // Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year? // Or has the sudden frost disturbed its bed? // Oh keep the Dog far hence, that's friend to men, // Or with his nails he'll dig it up again!"...more
(with a flower) Some of these were really good, Others though were not, And some of them didn't rhyme, Which bothered me sometimes.
In all seriousness, I r(with a flower) Some of these were really good, Others though were not, And some of them didn't rhyme, Which bothered me sometimes.
In all seriousness, I really enjoyed the ones I had read before, making me think that they just need to grow on me. Also probably accounting for the meh-feeling I had about many poems, was just that some essential words were not part of my vocabulary, and I couldn't bother looking everything up as some poems just had too many.:') But that's on my, not on Emily. While 'I felt a funeral in my brain' is my favourite (and already was), I must admit that 'Good morning, Midnight' was one that, upon this first encounter, I did really enjoy a lot. Some were really good, others not so much (but most of them I didn't hate either), so three stars it is....more
Didn't really enjoy this in general, but there were a few poems that stood out more positively, some of which were much more funny than I had expectedDidn't really enjoy this in general, but there were a few poems that stood out more positively, some of which were much more funny than I had expected 17th century poetry to be.
Edition: this is an Everyman's edition, and I feel it's quite bad. While the introduction was okay enough (though not particularly engaging), the formatting was a bit annoying but fine, and there were some typos. However, I felt that the endnotes weren't really all that. I don't think I'll pick up an edition from this line again....more
This is very cute and funny, but unfortunately the ones I already was familiar with were the best, by far (the first one and the last two ones), thougThis is very cute and funny, but unfortunately the ones I already was familiar with were the best, by far (the first one and the last two ones), though I must say Goldilocks was also really fun....more
We found this while cleaning out the attic and I'd never read it so I decided to pick it up. It was absolutely lovely, even though it might even be beWe found this while cleaning out the attic and I'd never read it so I decided to pick it up. It was absolutely lovely, even though it might even be better appreciated by adults than by children. I especially found Dahl's depiction of France hilarious, but I think the Pig was my favourite....more
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