"The Waste Land" - The Burial of the Dead (part 2 of 2)

[@pratibhaverma1954]

"Can't help but wonder what Eliot would have thought of this internet age that we are living in now." I chuckled at this. Beautiful explanation. Really gives one an insight of the poet's mind. Thank you so much!

[@imlafonz8047]

Yeah, I wonder how the waste land would be different if Eliot lived today

[@devidpayeng350]

such a wholesome explaination...before seeing you videos I never thought I would find someone who would be able to convincingly explain this poem...I can appreciate the amount of energy and time you invested to analyse this poem...A sincere thanks to you sir...

[@borbisiaaddams6258]

I wish my professor at university could explain as good as you. But she didn't spend a word for it, she just told us to study the wasteland. Thank you very much, you saved me haha

[@londondistrict3966]

this is the sadddest poem I've ever herad, the part "That corpse you planted last year in your garden, has is begun to sprout? will it bloom this year? " breaks my heart

[@alhatoon1086]

your video has the best analysis and explanation I've ever watched! However, I want to emphasize a point that might enhance your analysis. As for the "Hyacinth", it is the name of a flower named after Apollo's lover who was accidentally killed by him. From the blood of the young man, the Hyacinth grew.

[@Bahman626]

Tomorrow I have a test on this poem , and you just saved me 😃.

[@grainofsand4176]

Amazing! I am So Grateful! I Truly appreciate the Time and hard work involved here. You are spreading the Appreciation and Joy of meaningful Poetry!

[@c.s.hayden3022]

Interesting. I’ve been coming back to this poem for about fifteen years and each time I gain a little insight into what’s written and where his mind was. I read “From Ritual To Romance” recently because that’s where Eliot got inspired for wasteland theme and other images. Influence is a funny thing. A lot of it is ‘you had to be there’ given the unrepeatable context and the uniqueness of the author’s mind. Reading it did give a little insight into the zeitgeist of the time as it’s really working off the momentum created by James Frazier’s The Golden Bough. It’s good to get a sense of the prevailing wind with what most people were reacting to. The influence in that case is subtle. It’s just interesting to see how Eliot transforms the meanings of a few key images to work in his context and you can see why it all struck him as relevant to his own plan. Sometimes too much explanation can kill a thing, but I found it insightful. Suffice it to say, there’s a failed romance in all of us.

[@Massilia-DZ]

I had The Burial of the Dead last year and i depended almost only on your explanation! and i got really good marks!! thank you so much

[@suzann5312]

So much packed into one poem. One must be very literate yo understand it.

[@Vicky-cr2ft]

Gee! It's an amazing video I have ever seen!!! Every line you've explained is so clear and literally beautiful. You know this is one of the required readings for my English course, and it is exactly your video inspiring me to appreciate this masterpiece of poem and encouraging me to keep reading more! I rly love what you said: "we're simply caught in the machinery of the modern world. " You're such a knowledgeable person, and I respect your sharing! Thank you so much!

[@MrHuffsLiteratureClass]

You're so welcome!

[@proteusindomitus5015]

you having mentioned Owen, I find this whole corpse sprouting affair highly evocative of a section in his A Terre..hardly saying that Eliot was consciously referencing him..but still a powerful image

[@MegaFount]

An excellent analysis. I really appreciate your insights into the poem. However, I was surprised that you didn’t pick up on one very significant aspect of the poem as to why “April is the cruelest month.” It has to do with the important Christian ideology that envelops the entire poem. Who was murdered and resurrected in April? Jesus. Hence, that is why April is the cruelest month because it is the month of the crucifixion. You will see that lends the rest of the verse an extra layer of meaning which resonates throughout the poem.

[@markhughes7927]

2:43 - and sounding beneath that Mary’s ‘..and I know not where they have laid him…’? 6:47 - the Hyacinth is a plant with a rooted bulb and not a gaily cut flower normally associated with romance - in the case the mythological root is tragic - the love triangle of Hyakinthos-Zephyrus-Apollo - perhaps the meaningful context here is aspiration to eternal life represented by Apollo cheating Hades and turning the bloodied youth into a beautifully scented flower?

[@anselhsu8909]

Your lesson is so clear and full of details, Great thanks!

[@baferisashabong6754]

I am eternally grateful for your explanations. It has helped me so much in college.

[@MrHuffsLiteratureClass]

Happy to hear that!

[@gennarocarbone8762]

Very interesting analysis of difficult poetry

[@epectase6314]

so very impressed by these videos, thank you.

[@MrHuffsLiteratureClass]

Thanks!

[@alinachishti9591]

I wish I had teachers like you

[@imlafonz8047]

I’d like to see a poem written today with the same themes as the waste land, with a modern perspective

[@jasonkh4]

I'm working on it. It was my intention to publish my project ("The New Steel") on the 100-year anniversary of the publication of The Waste Land, but it's turning out to be a much denser work than I expected. It is coming, though; I just can't say when. Stay tuned.

[@imlafonz8047]

@@jasonkh4 I also wrote something like this

[@imlafonz8047]

@@jasonkh4 What’s it about?

[@jasonkh4]

@@imlafonz8047 it wouldn’t really do the idea justice to summarize in a short KZbin comment, but I touch upon a few similar themes to what Eliot was working with (i.e. cycles/patterns, city life, elements), and take it in a somewhat different direction. It’s coming along, albeit slowly, and I still have a long way to go.

[@TheRozeeey]

@@jasonkh4how is the poem going?

[@shreyatiwari946]

Thankyou sir....so satisfied by your explanation🌸

[@Lilithianpuja11]

Amazing explanation sir.. Thanks a lot 😘

[@sirishabalagam3225]

Thank you for your time....wonderful explanation..

[@davidmacnab5213]

The explanation of the first Tristan quotation is entirely wrong. These are the opening lines of the opera, sung by a sailor as Isolde sails with Tristan to Cornwall.

[@beatricebris5224]

love it! Very useful!

[@MrHuffsLiteratureClass]

Thank you!

[@cleonapatterson6112]

Thank you.

[@saniach5465]

can you tell me from where you have taken CS Lewis's quote? ''what if that's not the case......''

[@BT-dj8qs]

Great summery Mr. Huff. But view it from the perspective of a mortally wounded WW1 soldier as they were slowly dying. Much more effective that way. Would love to elaborate, but no room here.

[@neginsardar310]

Thank you

[@mouniabenhenia7435]

Thank u so much u r amazing😍

[@agnieszkamiksza6458]

very helpful, thank you!

[@bobo-gs8ld]

Thank you, it's helpful

[@MrHuffsLiteratureClass]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lynabnz7120]

Thank u so much ❤

[@sampathjayakody9883]

Thank you very much

[@navaneetha9590]

Thankyou so much

[@suzann5312]

Sounds like 2024

[@EngLitwithAnjan]

can you email me marked pages please ?

[@davidmowatt6528]

Some of this is such a stretch, but I guess you can say whatever you feel like about a poem like this

[@andrewhoulihan7940]

Stop giving out and looking for negatives. He did a great job on this work