Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-95.149.5.49-20160729002848/@comment-25316824-20160927035259

1a. T.S. Eliot is one of the 20th century's major poets. Thats not me that is what they teach at university. The Wasteland is his best literary work by far. Again that is not my opinion but the opinion of the literature community. Therefore, the poem is far from obscure.

1b. More than 15 years can also mean 15 years and 1 month or 15 years and 1 sec or you could have just turned 15 the instant you posted it and by the time I read it you are more than 15 years old. I don't know how precise your measurement is because I didn't take it.

2a. As I have stated earilier The Waste Land is the most important poem of the 20th century and its effects have been felt across the literary spectrum. To catalog the ripple effect this poem has had on history would take more than a lifetime and so I won't bore you with the detials. But if you have read anything in English or spoken English then you are being influenced by Shakespear due to the intense popularity of his work. The same is true for any story writer and the wasteland. Even if somebody hasn't read it, chances are they have read something that has been influenced by it. Monty, Miles, and Kerry were definitely influenced by it in some way at some point in their lives.

2b. The vignette concerning the wanderer in the desert depicts a Young and lost blake and I specifically speculated on the events that might have lead her to seeking Adam's comfort. I specifically stated that this passage alluded to a moment that likely happened in Blake's past.

2c. Authors intent is irrelevant. Nobody but Primary education English teachers actually teach authors intent. Here is a helpful video to help you understand why Authors intent is ridiculus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSYw502dJNY

3. No. I don't believe I have generalized anything. In contrast I used very specific symbols from a very specific poem to describe very specific situations in the lives of two very specific characters. I know poetry may seem like a Rorschach test at times but finding meaning in poetry is the only thing that gives it meaning (unless you are a nihilist in which case there is never any meaning which I think is the ideology you are going for here.)  Correct me if I'm wrong.