BUSI 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: T. S. Eliot, Vermont Route 15, Dry Stone
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Discussion poets hardy & eliot briefly respond scholarly to four posts: post one-hardy - dw16. Eliot and thomas hardy have similar writing styles. However, hardy is straight forward, very imaginative, and to the point in his writing. Hardy"s cynicism shows human struggles as useless against universal forces, which is a common theme in his literary works. Eliot wanted his poetry to capture the fragile physiological state of humanity disintegrating the twentieth century. Both writers had a vision of post religion society and dealt with mortality. the failure of the works can be seen as a metaphor of cultural pessimism and desolation that can be accredited to literary criticism. Both eliot and hardy"s admiration for mythological works are filled with references of critical interpretations of text. To enlighten readers, the poet must beware of using excessive academic language and only extract the most important historical pieces of the past into a poem: post two- t. s.
