I can remember studying T.S.Eliot at school. I didn’t like him. He was out of my league. As I grew in experience and knowledge my opinion has changed and now he seems almost old fashioned. (He was a modernist after all.) I have just listened to him reading the above poem, possibly his most famous, and enjoyed the sounds and rhythms, the tones of regret. I am not going to attempt to explain it to you but this site here offers what seems like a reasonable summary. If you want to read the poem itself go to the Poetry Foundation.You can find out more about Eliot here.
To read more poems for Tuesday visit the main page of Tuesday Poem.
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