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T.S. ELIOT PRE SENT ED BY: D ARIN J BAL TEZORE Biograph y Inspired Poems Original Poems Bibliogr aphy Sample Poems List of Works

T.S. ELIOT PRESENTED BY: DARIN J BALTEZORE Biography Inspired Poems Original Poems Bibliography Sample Poems List of Works

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Original Poems

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T.S. ELIOT- THE GREAT SORCERER OF POETRYT.S. Eliot was "Not only as a great sorcerer of words but as the very key keeper of the language." (Poetryfoundation.org 1)

This was said by Igor Stravinsky a famous American composer who read many of T.S. Eliot’s works. Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in an old New England family in St. Louis Missouri in 1888. He was one of six children of Henry and Charlotte Eliot. T.S. Eliot had ties to both Massachusetts and Missouri through his childhood. Eliot’s grandfather was a Unitarian minister, founder of schools, a university, and some charities. He was the family patriarch (“T.S. Eliot Biography” Notablebiographies.com 1). This was the start of the importance of religion to Eliot. It was probably his mother, who was a writer and a poet, that first peaked T.S. Eliot’s interest in poetry. She wrote religious and dramatic poems (“T.S. Eliot Biography” Notablebiographies.com 1). At the age of fourteen, he started writing poetry like his favorite poem Fitzgerald’s Omar Khayyam (Donald Hall). In 1914, T.S. Eliot moved to England, where he was a schoolmaster and a bank clerk. After that he found a job as a literary editor for a publishing house Faber & Faber (“Biography” Nobelprize.org 1). T.S. Eliot Converted to the Anglican Church in 1927, and he was really devoted to his new religion (“T.S. Eliot Biography” Notablebiographies.com 1). This could probably point to why he was so interested and started writing religious poetry.

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T.S. ELIOT BIO. CONTINUED

T.S. Eliot went to college in Harvard, in 1906 where he wanted to earn a master of arts in philosophy. This was interrupted when he went to Sorbonne, France for a year and he went over to study in Germany (“T.S. Eliot Biography” Notablebiographies.com 1). Then World War one broke out. He then transferred to Merton College, Oxford (”Biography” Nobelpriz.org 1).While in Oxford he met his soon to be longtime friend Ezra Pound. Ezra Pound soon saw T.S. Eliot poetic genius. T.S. Eliot saw Ezra Pound as a mentor when it came to poetry. Ezra would often read Eliot’s poems and give some suggestions. Eliot looked up to him and found him really respectable. Ezra helped Eliot publish his first poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and from there his poetry flourished. He came out with many great works, but none was greater than Four Quarters. He won the Noble Prize in Literature in 1948 for his poem Four Quarters (“T.S. Eliot” Poets.org 1). T.S. Eliot was a very creditable poet with his style and controversy.

T.S. ELIOT BIO. CONTINUEDT.S. Eliot has a distinct style that makes him a good poet. He

introduced a new interesting style at that time. He combined normal common speech and obscure allusions. These obscure allusions made it hard for people to understand what he was trying to say. This allowed people to find their own meanings throughout each of his poems. He also has great use of similes and metaphors. Sometimes his metaphors could be separate poems. T.S. Eliot tries to reveal emotions by invoking them in the readers, instead of the poets stating them (Kyle Minor). T.S. Eliot also wrote poetry on controversial issues that made some people question his poetry. He wrote poems on religion and World War One. After reading some of his poems people believed that T.S. Eliot was Anti-Semitism. T.S. Eliot was a religious man; he wrote what he felt he believed in, even if others did not agree with him. “Eliot was one of the most daring innovators of twentieth century poetry (“T.S. Eliot” Notablebiographies.com 1)”. T.S. Eliot thought he wrote genuine poetry. “Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood (Brainquote.com 1).”

LIST OF WORKSGerontion (1920)

Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar (1920)

Sweeney Erect (1920)

A Cooking Egg (1920)

Le Directeur (1920)

Mélange Adultère de Tout (1920)

Lune de Miel (1920)

The Hippopotamus (1920)

Dans le Restaurant (1920)

Whispers of Immortality (1920)

Mr. Eliot’s Sunday Morning Service (1920)

Sweeney among the Nightingales (1920)

Four Quartets (1943)

The Wasteland (1922)

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The Waste Land By T.S. Eliot I. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD

APRIL is the cruelest month, breeding

Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing

Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering

Earth in forgetful snow, feeding A little life with dried tubers. Summer surprised us, coming

over the Starnbergersee With a shower of rain; we

stopped in the colonnade,

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ANALYSIS T.S. Eliot has a very distinct writing style that uses different literary devices

and a great example of this would be “The Wasteland”. “The Wasteland” is a poem that describes a life away from God. T.S. Eliot uses imagery in his poems to depict a very dark and depressing place without God. “A heap of broken images, where the sun beats/And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief/And the dry stone no sound of water”. This describes a “hell” that Eliot believes people go through when they aren’t close to the Lord. That people who are not close to God can’t see the beauty in natural things. “A rat crept softly through the vegetation/Dragging its slimy belly on the bank/While I was fishing in the dull canal”. T.S. Eliot compares people with no religion to be “rats” that can’t find anything in life because they don’t have faith. “White bodies naked on the low damp ground/And bones cast in a little low dry garret,/Rattled by the rat's foot only, year to year.” T.S. Eliot shows us the future of what men will be if they don’t start changing. These examples from the poems we can judge that faith was huge to Eliot and everything else was not as important. T.S. Eliot also uses oxymoron’s in this poem. An oxymoron is when you say something that contradicts itself. “APRIL is the cruelest month, breeding/Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing/Memory and desire, stirring/Dull roots with spring rain./Winter kept us warm, covering/Earth in forgetful snow, feeding/A little life with dried tubers.” This is a good example of an oxymoron. The winter kept us warm contradicts itself, because winter is very cold, so it can’t possibly keep you warm. T.S. Eliot is a spiritual poet who uses different literary devices showed in “The Wasteland.”

SAMPLE POEMS“Whispers of Immortality” is a poem T.S. Eliot wrote. He

describes that you can live forever, but if you don’t have a soul or a reason to live then you aren’t really living. You can enjoy one lifetime of happiness make it count because some others aren’t as lucky. “He knew that thought clings round dead limbs/Tightening its lusts and luxuries.” This line means people lust for immortality but it usually leads you down a rough road of bad decisions. If you live life to the fullest then you will be happier than an immortal man.

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Whispers of Immortality

By T.S. EliotWEBSTER was much possessed by

death And saw the skull beneath the skin; And breastless creatures under

ground Leaned backward with a lipless grin. Daffodil bulbs instead of balls Stared from the sockets of the eyes! He knew that thought clings round

dead limbs Tightening its lusts and luxuries.

Donne, I suppose, was such another

Who found no substitute for sense,

To seize and clutch and penetrate;

Expert beyond experience, He knew the anguish of the

marrow The ague of the skeleton; No contact possible to flesh Allayed the fever of the bone. . . . . . Grishkin is nice: her Russian eye Is underlined for emphasis; Uncorseted, her friendly bust Gives promise of pneumatic

bliss.

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The couched Brazilian jaguar

Compels the scampering marmoset

With subtle effluence of cat;

Grishkin has a maisonette;

The sleek Brazilian jaguar

Does not in its arboreal gloom

Distil so rank a feline smell

As Grishkin in a drawing-room.

And even the Abstract Entities

Circumambulate her charm;

But our lot crawls between dry ribs

To keep our metaphysics warm.

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“Ash Wednesday” is one of T.S. Eliot’s famous religious poems. This poem talks about how everyone fears death. T.S. Eliot also describes how people will do anything to avoid death. He also says we need to be prepared so we can get to heaven. “Teach us to care and not to care.” This is cool because it is an oxymoron. It also says that we need to care about the life after this one but to also enjoy the life we have been given right now.

Ash Wednesdayby T.S. Eliot Because I do not hope to turn

againBecause I do not hopeBecause I do not hope to turnDesiring this man's gift and that

man's scopeI no longer strive to strive

towards such things(Why should the agèd eagle

stretch its wings?)Why should I mournThe vanished power of the usual

reign?Because I do not hope to knowThe infirm glory of the positive

hour

Because I do not thinkBecause I know I shall

not knowThe one veritable

transitory powerBecause I cannot drinkThere, where trees

flower, and springs flow, for there is

nothing again

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INSPIRED POEMS

In The Restaurant By T.S. Eliot

THE dilapidated boy who has nothing to do

That scratching your fingers and lean on my shoulder

"In my country it will be rainy weather

Wind, sunshine, and rain; This is called the washing day

beggars. " (Chatterbox, slobbering, rounded to

the rump, I pray thee, at least, do not bleed in

the soup).

“The willows dipped, and buds on the bushes-

There, in a downpour, they sheltered.

I was seven, she was smaller.

She was all wet, I gave her primroses.”

Stains from his waistcoat soar thirty eight figure.

"I tickled, to make her laugh.

I felt a moment of madness and power. "

But then, lecherous old, at this age ...

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THE RESTAURANT CONTINUED

"Sir, the fact is hard.

He came, we grope, a big dog;

I was scared, I left midway.

It's a shame. "

But then you have your vulture!

Go away you décrotter facial wrinkles;

Hey, my fork, you describe the skull.

What you paid right experience like me?

Here, take a dime for the en-suite bathroom.

Phlébas, the Phoenician, a fortnight drowned,

Forgot the cries of seagulls and waves of Cornwall

And profits and losses, and the cargo of tin:

A stream of sub-sea carried him very far,

The ironing stages of his previous life.

Imagine, then, was a plight,

However, what was once a handsome man, tall.

In the RestaurantFive star restaurant prepares for

evening rush.

Customers come to tantalize taste buds

Chickens hypnotically turn on spit

Catching the passerby in its trap

Waiters with forced smiles

Counting down seconds till close

Chefs juggling orders to please customers

Waiters delivering food like impatient business men

Walking from terminal to terminal

Chef’s art is presented.

The customer chews

Every area is inspected by taste buds

Fiery passion fills the stomach

Determined customer wolfs down the meal

Customer leans back belly full

Looking at empty plate impressed

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The HippopotamusBy T.S. EliotTHE BROAD-BACKED

hippopotamus Rests on his belly in the mud; Although he seems so firm to us He is merely flesh and blood. Flesh and blood is weak and frail,

Susceptible to nervous shock; While the True Church can never

fail For it is based upon a rock. The hippo’s feeble steps may err In compassing material ends, While the True Church need never

stir To gather in its dividends.

The ’potamus can never reach

The mango on the mango-tree;

But fruits of pomegranate and peach

Refresh the Church from over sea.

At mating time the hippo’s voice

Betrays inflexions hoarse and odd,

But every week we hear rejoice

The Church, at being one with God.

The hippopotamus’s day

Is passed in sleep; at night he hunts;

God works in a mysterious way—

The Church can sleep and feed at once.

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THE HIPPOPOTAMUS CONT.I saw the ’potamus take wing

Ascending from the damp savannas,

And quiring angels round him sing

The praise of God, in loud hosannas.

Blood of the Lamb shall wash him clean

And him shall heavenly arms enfold,

Among the saints he shall be seen

Performing on a harp of gold.

He shall be washed as white as snow,

By all the martyr’d virgins kist,

While the True Church remains below

Wrapt in the old miasmal mist.

INSPIRED POEM

Africa inspired “The Hippopotamus” By Darin Baltezore

The broad-backed hippopotamus

The triumphant river horse gallops upstream

The lion gallivanting around the Savanna

Looking for a meal worthy of royalty

Hyenas the scavenger of Africa

Sulking about till their next meal

The Gazelle prancing and bounding

Around the plains

Cheetahs sleek and slender

Sprinters of the land

Africa an immaculate and majestic habitat

ORIGINAL POEM

First MarathonThe New York Marathon- the big kahuna

Internal debates of whether I’d run.

Racing an athletic event

Watching gazelle like athletes whiz by me

Enticing form of physical exertion

Rapid leg turnover

Sore and tired legs

Lactic acid pools build up

Nothing like mile 23

Hitting the legendary wall

Psychological edge to go the distance

Staggering to finish with demented half-grin

A true runners high.

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ORIGINAL POEM

PreA kid from Coos Bay

You’re too small

You’re not fast enough

I want to be number one

Give up your foolish dream

I HAVE TO WIN

I’ve given myself reason to keep running

Self-satisfaction and sense of achievement

It’s more than a race

It’s a style

A race is a work of art

I run to see who has guts

Who can punish himself

Suicide pace

A good day to die

Pure guts at the end

Punish himself even more

I am the only one who can win

Anything less is to sacrifice the gift.

BIBLIOGRAPHY Information

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1948/eliot-bio.html

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Du-Fi/Eliot-T-S.html

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/18

http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/t-s-eliot-33.php

http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4738/the-art-of-poetry-no-1-t-s-eliot

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1119569/ts_eliots_genre_writing_style_issues.html

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/t-s-eliot

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/t_s_eliot.html

Pictures

http://www.flickr.com/photos/giampaolocianella/330811704/

http://showblogs.syfy.com/eureka/idealab/2010/08/immortality-any-day-now.php

http://www.likeadesertprophet.com/t-s-eliot-la-figlia-che-piange-the-weeping-girl/

http://www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/article/newsid=529451.html

http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2009/09/08/steve-prefontaine-guide-getting-rich/

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/italian-meatballs-with-spaghetti-10000000682677/

http://naturescrusaders.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/running-cheetahs-need-high-pufas-so-do-you/running-cheetah/

http://branchesumc.org/

http://tseliotpoetslife.blogspot.com/

http://mariusostrowski.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/the-wasteland-of-modern-society/Biography

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