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"Antwerp" by Ford Madox Ford (1915)
One of the most influential but little-known expressions of modernist poetry, this ambitious pacifist work—centered on the heroic resistance of the Belgians to the brutal invasion by Germany in 1914—argued the harrowing emotional and psychological impact of war. The poem reinvented inherited poetic forms using fragmented lines, enjambment, and subtle sight rhymes. Eliot often cited the poem as the only war poem he admired.
Cantos by Ezra Pound (1926)
Given Pound’s enormous influence on shaping Eliot’s work (overseeing the editing of more than half of Eliot’s original draft) this book-length sequence of 116 Pound poems—unfinished at the time of its publication—helps understand Eliot’s own intricate experiments with line breaks and with the aural impact of poetry. The themes reflect Eliot’s sense of a civilization lost to its own history and adrift within a spiritual malaise, save that Pound was more interested in the economics of the decline of Western civilization.
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot (1915)
In this, Eliot’s first published poem, the character of Prufrock—a hypersensitive, over-educated wanna-be poetaster—takes a stroll to an evening tea in London. He wants to engage a woman in conversation but dreads the approaching showdown.
By T. S. Eliot
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday
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East Coker
East Coker
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Four Quartets
Four Quartets
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Journey of the Magi
Journey of the Magi
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Little Gidding
Little Gidding
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Mr. Mistoffelees
Mr. Mistoffelees
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Murder in the Cathedral
Murder in the Cathedral
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Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a Lady
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Preludes
Preludes
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Rhapsody On A Windy Night
Rhapsody On A Windy Night
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The Cocktail Party
The Cocktail Party
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The Hollow Men
The Hollow Men
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
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The Song of the Jellicles
The Song of the Jellicles
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Tradition and the Individual Talent
Tradition and the Individual Talent
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