ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Typically interpreted as an elegy for civilization, “The Waste Land” draws together multiple modes and voices, as well as an erudite command of the poetic tradition, in sounding its themes of loss and decay (“These fragments I have shored against my ruins”).

Detailed explanation-2: -Being 434-lines long, The Waste Land’s length alone classifies it as an epic poem. The five-part modernist saga does not have a distinct storyline but can also be categorized as a narrative. Literary epic poetry is defined as a long memory about men and women and events that explain the morals of a society.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poem is notable for its unusual style, which fuses different poetic forms and traditions. Eliot also alludes to numerous works of literature including the Bible, Shakespeare, St Augustine, Hindu and Buddhist sacred texts, as well as French poetry, Wagnerian opera, and Arthurian legend surrounding the Holy Grail.

Detailed explanation-4: -Imagism/Imagery in the Poem, The Waste Land (1922) Imagism is a 20th century movement in poetry that advocates the style of free verse and the delivery of ideas and emotions through images. It is actually to trigger emotions and feelings through words and imagery.