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 Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:54 am
One of my very most favorite poets to read. I'm especially fond of "Preludes" and "Rhapsody on a Windy Night."
I actually found out about him because of the musical CATS. I fell in love with CATS and wanted to learn all about it, and in doing so I found out that all the lyrics (expect the opening song) were written by T. S. Eliot.
Eliot's poetry is generally considered pessimistic and rather gloomy, but in addition to his better know "Waste Lands," he also compiled a book of poems about cats. A 180 degree turn around from his more famous works, "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" is a cheerful, humorous look at the nuances of the world's most wonderful animal (in my opinion wink ).
Is anyone else familiar with Mr. Eliot? Did anyone have to read his work in school? Does anyone like his poems?
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:30 pm
"This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper."
Sadly enough I am not too familiar with his works even though I would like to look into his poetry more. What would you recommend for a newbie, Fairgrass my dear?
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Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:23 am
Wait, I thought Cats was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber confused
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Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:51 pm
Fantasy Moon "This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper." Sadly enough I am not too familiar with his works even though I would like to look into his poetry more. What would you recommend for a newbie, Fairgrass my dear?
Anyway, I can suggest a book called "An Introduction to Poetry" if you want an explanitory companion to a couple of T. S. E.'s poems. It's a really good book anyway, but it only goes over two or three poems by Mr. Eliot (although I own an earlier edition, so the newer ones may not have the same poems at all ... sweatdrop Mine's the 4th or 5th I think).
Other than that, I'd say just dive on into a collection. smile athair liath Wait, I thought Cats was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber confused
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Romantic Conversationalist
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:35 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:35 pm
I don't think I've read anyhting by Eliot, but my teacher constantly nags my class about how we'll read some of his (?) works soon enough.
I definately look forward to it, seeing as there are already such good things said.
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:31 pm
What about Ezra Pound (since he wrote almost all of Eliot's stuff anyway)?
Alba
As cool as the pale wet leaves
of lily-of-the-valley
She lay beside me in the dawn.
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:53 am
Kalandra
I... am in awe.
I only just joined this guild, and to have a thread merely about Eliot alone, well - it is rather heart warming. ^^.
Eliot is by far my favorite poet, the Waste Land and Prufrock being the highest rank of favorite.
"For I have known them all already, known them all confused
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;
I know the voices dying with a dying fall"
"No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;
Am an attendant lord, one that will do
To swell a progress, start a scene or two,
Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,
Deferential, glad to be of use,
Politic, cautious, and meticulous;
Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;
At times, indeed, almost ridiculous?
Almost, at times, the Fool. "
Fantasy, Hollow Men is perhaps one of Eliots most famous works, and I was so happy to have seen it posted, even if it was only just the end. <3
I confess, I have never heard of Eliot writing Cats. I've done countless literary critiques and find it hard to believe I missed that, especially throughout his bio sketches. Though, I do not doubt it.
Could you show me your source, by chance?
Wonder thread, by the way. <3
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
If you read the poems, they are word for word (with the exceptions of pronoun switches) the lyrics to CATS.
Cats The Musical
Here's a bit from the official CATS site.
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Romantic Conversationalist
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:54 pm
I've only actually read Old Possums Book of Practical Cats...I found out he wrote it a while after I fell in love with CATS, so of course I also had to lend it to my friends who love CATS as well...
...I've heard a ton of good things about his other works though and I want to read some more of them eventually.
-//- cool -//-
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:52 pm
I haven't gotten into Eliot's work outside Old Possum's, but I adore the movie CATS. Last year I sang the solo for Memory for my choir, and I ended up buy the special edition DVD (which was only $18...) and now I've seen it so much that I've memorized it.
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:32 am
I've read his poem "The Wasteland" and I loved it. However, I haven't read any more beyond that, though I've been meaning to.
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:45 pm
Ah!
Mr.Eliot, you brave, sweet, witted soul.
Old Possum is one of my favourite books heart
"And we all say..."
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Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 2:35 pm
I did enjoy both The Waste Land and Old Possum. It amazes me that both were written by the same guy. (And I guess "Cats" could count as a read-aloud in that other thread smile )
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:42 am
OliviaFalconer I did enjoy both The Waste Land and Old Possum. It amazes me that both were written by the same guy.
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