The past weeks classes, along with the ones preceded them, really helped me when it came to T.S. Eliot. I know that you aren’t always supposed to pull a deeper meaning out of poetry, but our discussions helped me make some sense, and draw some information out of T.S. Eliot’s poetry. The videos were also a nice insight into his life. It is obvious that his life seeped deeply into his text, even if he did not believe such things should occur.
Most great writers have some form of tragedy in their lives, and the relationship he had with his wife could definitely be that inspirational tragedy. His life seemed to be a constant struggle - which makes me think is one of the reasons why we as readers struggled so much with his writings ourselves - he couldn’t write everything clearly because how else would we share in his struggle if nothing is difficult for us?
Overall, I think I’ve grown to like not on T.S. Eliot’s poetry, but T.S. Eliot himself.
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