Eliot’s Poetry

Summary

Summary and Analysis

• “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
• The Waste Land Section I: “The Burial of the Dead”
• The Waste Land Section II: “A Game of Chess”
• The Waste Land Section III: “The Fire Sermon”
• The Waste Land Section IV: “Death by Water”
• The Waste Land Section V: “What the Thunder Said”
• Four Quartets: “Burnt Norton”
• Four Quartets: “East Coker”
• Four Quartets: “The Dry Salvages”
• Four Quartets: “Little Gidding”

Main Ideas

• Themes
• Analysis
• Motifs
• Symbols

Quotes

Quotes by Theme

• Alienation
• Time
• Mortality
• Regeneration
• Tranquility

Quotes by Section

• “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
• The Waste Land Section I: “The Burial of the Dead”
• The Waste Land Section II: “A Game of Chess”
• The Waste Land Section III: “The Fire Sermon”
• The Waste Land Section IV: “Death by Water”
• The Waste Land Section V: “What the Thunder Said”
• Four Quartets: “Burnt Norton”
• Four Quartets: “East Coker”
• Four Quartets: “The Dry Salvages”
• Four Quartets: “Little Gidding”

Quotes by Character

• J. Alfred Prufrock
• The Woman
• The Man
• Tiresias

Writing Help

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• How to Cite This SparkNote

Further Study

• Context
• Further Reading