The Waste Land as a Modern Poem
"The Waste Land" as a vision of desolation and spiritual draught: Gist ‘The Waste Land’ by T.s Eliot is considered to be a flagship work of modern era having a didactic aim. Through his work, Eliot laments the loss of spirituality, cultural identity and morality of post-world war I society. This poem serves as a mirror to the modern civilization highlighting its follies and weaknesses. Moreover, Eliot has explicitly criticized the modern period’s secular, liberal, and commercial trends. Upon critical evaluation, we will conclude that “The Waste Land” corresponds to spiritual turmoil of the modern civilization facing severe desolation. Spiritual Decay We all have an appraisal that spirituality and adherence to culture and tradition serves to be the linch pin in the societal frame work. A society devoid of them represents very weak foundation. Through his work T.S Eliot has explicitly criticized such people having no place for spirituality in their lives. At the very start of...