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bowienerd_82's review against another edition
4.0
Eliot could be the most stuck-up, pretentious bastard out there, and yet, he could summon words of unbelievable beauty and intensity. He's got a stunning power of imagery that makes putting up with his ego worth it.
amyetherington's review against another edition
3.0
I read this for a university class, and while this isn't a text I read cover to cover, we covered a good bunch of Eliot's poems in this edition so I'm treating this as a collective review.
You know how with assigned reading the book/poem/play you have to read for class gradually becomes so abhorrent to you that you begin to question what the hell the author was thinking when they wrote it? Well, funnily enough this had the exact opposite effect on me. My first experience of reading Eliot was generally just a series of what? and huh?, but then I got to my seminar and all became clear. Studying this actually made me like this more than I initially thought which makes a change from my previous experiences of reading texts under these circumstances (*cough* [b:Woyzeck |571938|Woyzeck|Georg Büchner|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1175892999s/571938.jpg|2382472]*cough*).
Overall, rather enjoyable and surprising which is always nice.
You know how with assigned reading the book/poem/play you have to read for class gradually becomes so abhorrent to you that you begin to question what the hell the author was thinking when they wrote it? Well, funnily enough this had the exact opposite effect on me. My first experience of reading Eliot was generally just a series of what? and huh?, but then I got to my seminar and all became clear. Studying this actually made me like this more than I initially thought which makes a change from my previous experiences of reading texts under these circumstances (*cough* [b:Woyzeck |571938|Woyzeck|Georg Büchner|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1175892999s/571938.jpg|2382472]*cough*).
Overall, rather enjoyable and surprising which is always nice.
thenarrative's review against another edition
5.0
Really enjoyed picking this up again. I have so much love for Mr. Eliot and rereading his work has made
Me smile. In a world full of
Tumblr poetry this book reminded me of great 20th century works. I’ll be repeating some other old favorites now. The poetry also
Takes up entire pages- thus no wasting paper (cough tumblr poetry cough).
Me smile. In a world full of
Tumblr poetry this book reminded me of great 20th century works. I’ll be repeating some other old favorites now. The poetry also
Takes up entire pages- thus no wasting paper (cough tumblr poetry cough).
elianachow's review against another edition
5.0
Words could never suffice to describe how deeply I respect and resonate with Eliot's poetry. God used his words to stir some long-dormant stillness (if not peace) in my heart.
arthuriana's review against another edition
4.0
a poetry of contradiction: in the internal is the universal. what is profound never ends, never begins, but is existing always. the end is the beginning is the end.