The Works of T.S. Eliot 1888-1929 Quiz

Answer: Ezra Pound

The magazine "Poetry: A Magazine of Verse" published the poem in June 1915, at the request of Ezra Pound (who was the foreign editor of the magazine). Pound became a mentor and lifelong friend of Eliot. The other poets were all contributors to the magazine.

Answer: "I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled."

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is also referred to as "Prufrock". It was this poem that turned Eliot into what he ultimately became - one of the most influential poets of his time. A few of the well known poets that Eliot was influenced by included Homer, Ezra Pound, and Dante Alighieri (better known as Dante, from "Dante's Inferno", "Purgatorio", etc.)

Answer: The Journey of The Magi

Written in 1927, "The Journey of The Magi" is quite the opposite of what it sounds like - it was miserable and full of hatred. The poem was published in Eliot's "Ariel Poems" in 1930.

Answer: Ezra Pound

At the very beginning is written "For Ezra Pound - il miglior fabbro." That translates into "the better craftsman".

Answer: Old Possum

"Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" is an assortment of Eliot's poems about feline psychology and sociology. A second edition was published in the early 80s that featured illustrations.

Answer: Gerontion

"Gerontion" is a poem by Eliot that was published in 1920. Eliot scholar Grover Smith made the following comment on this poem: "If any notion remained that in the poems of 1919 Eliot was sentimentally contrasting a resplendent past with a dismal present, "Gerontion" should have helped to dispel it." Despite this, the poem is still regarded as antisemitic and harsh Eliot critics have never considered the poem as anything like Smith's comment.

Answer: Murder in the Cathedral

Eliot had a brief voice segment as a tempter. The movie itself cannot be acquired, but there is a copy in the British Film Institute; getting hold of it isn't the easiest task in the world.

Answer: Coriolan

A complete list of the Ariel Poems is "Journey of the Magi", "A Song for Simeon, "Animula", "Marina", "Triumphal March", and "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees".

Answer: Harvard Advocate

Several poems and 'songs' were printed in "The Advocate" between 1906 and 1913, including "Circe's Palace", "Before Morning", "Humouresque", and "Spleen".

Answer: Ash Wednesday

"Ash Wednesday" is Eliot's first long poem after his 1927 conversion to the Anglican religion. This poem is about the difficulties that one faced when one tried to go back to believing and placing faith in God, after a lengthy period of indifference and objection to the ways of the church and God himself. Contrary to several of Eliot's other poems, this poem had followed an easier and more common method of dating back to before his conversion. This is also true of his poetic pieces that followed.



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