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Unit 31: Hughes and T.S. Eliot

31.6 Keywords Notes

The Waste Land : The Waste Land is a 434-line modernist poem by T. S. Eliot published in 1922.
Poetry : Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and
evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning.
Cathedral : Cathedral is a Christian church, which contains the seat of Bishop.
Enantiodromic : Enantiodromic refers to characteristic of something which has become its
opposite.
Amorphousness : Amorphousness refers to state of lacking definite form.

31.7 Review Questions

1. Write an essay on the biography of Ted Hughes.
2. Describe the detailed analysis of the poem, “The Thought Fox”.
3. Describe the analysis of the poem, “Thrushes”.
4. Write an essay the biography of T.S. Eliot.

5. Explain the detailed analysis of Eliot’s “The Waste Land”.
6. Discuss Ted Hughes as an Animal Poet.

Answers: Self Assessment
1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c)
6. (c) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (d)
11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (c)

31.8 Further Readings

Ted Hughes: the Life of a poet — Elaine Feinstein
Ted Hughes: poems — Ted Hughes
T.S.Eliot: the poems — Martin Scofield
The Waste Land — T.S. Eliot

Online links http://www.enotes.com/thought-fox-salem/thought-fox-681298
http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmWasteland02.asp

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