"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!
@imlafonz80473 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I wonder how the waste land would be different if Eliot lived today
@devidpayeng3507 жыл бұрын
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...
@borbisiaaddams62586 жыл бұрын
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
@londondistrict39665 жыл бұрын
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
@grainofsand417611 ай бұрын
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!
@alhatoon10866 жыл бұрын
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.
@c.s.hayden30222 жыл бұрын
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.
@boutheyna42434 жыл бұрын
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
@Vicky-cr2ft4 жыл бұрын
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!
@MrHuffsLiteratureClass3 жыл бұрын
You're so welcome!
@markhughes79278 ай бұрын
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?
@Bahman6262 жыл бұрын
Tomorrow I have a test on this poem , and you just saved me 😃.
@proteusindomitus50158 жыл бұрын
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
@suzann53128 ай бұрын
So much packed into one poem. One must be very literate yo understand it.
@anselhsu89097 жыл бұрын
Your lesson is so clear and full of details, Great thanks!
@baferisashabong67543 жыл бұрын
I am eternally grateful for your explanations. It has helped me so much in college.
@MrHuffsLiteratureClass3 жыл бұрын
Happy to hear that!
@epectase63147 жыл бұрын
so very impressed by these videos, thank you.
@MrHuffsLiteratureClass7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@gennarocarbone87626 ай бұрын
Very interesting analysis of difficult poetry
@MegaFount4 жыл бұрын
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.
@imlafonz80473 жыл бұрын
I’d like to see a poem written today with the same themes as the waste land, with a modern perspective
@jasonkh42 жыл бұрын
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.
@imlafonz80472 жыл бұрын
@@jasonkh4 I also wrote something like this
@imlafonz80472 жыл бұрын
@@jasonkh4 What’s it about?
@jasonkh42 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@TheRozeeey4 ай бұрын
@@jasonkh4how is the poem going?
@alinachishti9591 Жыл бұрын
I wish I had teachers like you
@shreyatiwari9463 жыл бұрын
Thankyou sir....so satisfied by your explanation🌸
@sirishabalagam32254 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your time....wonderful explanation..
@beingpuja53 жыл бұрын
Amazing explanation sir.. Thanks a lot 😘
@saniach54655 жыл бұрын
can you tell me from where you have taken CS Lewis's quote? ''what if that's not the case......''
@beatricebris52247 жыл бұрын
love it! Very useful!
@MrHuffsLiteratureClass7 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@davidmacnab52137 ай бұрын
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.
@cleonapatterson61127 күн бұрын
Thank you.
@BT-dj8qs6 жыл бұрын
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.
@lynabnz71205 жыл бұрын
Thank u so much ❤
@agnieszkamiksza64587 жыл бұрын
very helpful, thank you!
@mouniabenhenia74355 жыл бұрын
Thank u so much u r amazing😍
@sampathjayakody98837 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@neginsardar310 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@bobo-gs8ld4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, it's helpful
@MrHuffsLiteratureClass4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@navaneetha95906 жыл бұрын
Thankyou so much
@EngLitwithAnjan2 жыл бұрын
can you email me marked pages please ?
@suzann53128 ай бұрын
Sounds like 2024
@davidmowatt65285 жыл бұрын
Some of this is such a stretch, but I guess you can say whatever you feel like about a poem like this
@andrewhoulihan79403 жыл бұрын
Stop giving out and looking for negatives. He did a great job on this work