Cousin Nancy
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Poet T. S. Eliot 1888–1965
SCHOOL / PERIOD Modern
Subjects Family & Ancestors, Living, Social Commentaries, Popular Culture, Youth, Time & Brevity, Class, Relationships
Poetic Terms Free Verse
Biography
When T. S. Eliot died, wrote Robert Giroux, "the world became a lesser place." Certainly the most imposing poet of his time, Eliot was revered by Igor Stravinsky "not only as a great sorcerer of words but as the very key keeper of the language." For Alfred Kazin he was "the mana known as 'T. S. Eliot,' the model poet of our time, the most cited poet and incarnation of literary correctness in the English-speaking world." Northrop . . .
Poems by T. S. Eliot
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Family & Ancestors, Living, Social Commentaries, Popular Culture, Youth, Time & Brevity, Class, Relationships
SCHOOL / PERIOD Modern
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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