Aside from the fact that it feels like forever since I sat down to write a blog (or anything for that matter), I'm trying to refresh my spring broken brain.
I'm thinking of a thought that was brought up about The Wasteland and I was curious about it as well, as I was re-reading my last blog.
Who was T.S. Eliot writing for? His poem requires the reader to have a wealth of knowledge at their disposal, and yet then he provides notes.
This seems to contradict the purpose.
But what is the purpose?
AND ANOTHER THING.....
The original title, HE DO THE POLICE IN DIFFERENT VOICES: part I, could have been a hint that Eliot was using different speakers in his poem, which I didn't really catch onto at first.
Which raises another good question, what constitutes a speaker?
I believe for the sake of argument, a speaker can be anyone or thing that is speaking or having a thought that is not the original speaker's thought. So in the case of The Wasteland, stream of conscious and imagined characters count.
It becomes hard to differentiate where the speaker changes, especially after the first section. The sections following one, seem to be a narration and they include multiple speakers.
I still stand with my first initial thought and will need to read this poem at least 20 more times.
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