The product of a post world war era, this poem speaks volumes about the state of mind and the barrenness/hopelessness/emptiness of that period in time. The content of the poem hits home, and tells the points of view and many different types of post WWI stories. His countless references to other poets, poems, and artists is genius.
The content is fine... how the poem is written, however, I have a problem with. The "voice" of the story constantly changes, sometimes within the same section. It's choppy and very confusing, and changes location, time and speaker too often for me to truly "enjoy" (if its possible to enjoy such a sad poem) the content of this poem.
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I agree that the main idea of the poem is very powerful and after we discussed it in class I appreciated it more. Like Mrs. Dalloway I found the frequent transitions confusing, but I guess once you get used to it, it adds to the poem and makes it a unique work.
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