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Re: Re: Re: Aba Brother
I'm almost free today at the college, and so can do my studying on both The Thunder and Tiresias. I find, to be organize those broken thought into what can make sense, quite stimulating. So thank you sis. 
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anib
on September 21, 2017 at 10:44 PM
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Re: Re: Aba Brother
Yes, I would like to see and know more about What the Thunder Said, and Eliot how found his peace in the Shantih, shantih, shantih. Did he not end the poem with those words? The seer Tiresias is fascinating also. And no, grasping the mind of Eliot is, or would be, most difficult. Perhaps he even didn't know what he was thinking part of the time and may have written in a stream of consciousness. 
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Sea_Gypsy
on September 21, 2017 at 10:16 PM
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Re: Aba Brother
Hello Presta my big sis. The mind of this genius was simply exceptional. It is not easy to put all that was going on in his thoughts all at once. It was frustration evident from almost all his poems like the Preludes, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Portrait of a Lady, except for Journey of the Magi It was mainly from the Hindu analogies that he found hope and solace which he studied in depth. He mentions in his fifth part of this poem Waste Land, in Whst the Thunder Said, Shantih, shantih, shantih, tha peace that passeth all understanding. My reply to Kabu 'mechanical' is probably an answer to love without feeling. Would you want that I write on What The Thunder Said? I hope you'll find it interesting, though analysing Eliot's poems are no easy task. And then there the great ancient seer Tiresias, from whose 'blind' eyes, Eliot sees and shows us all.
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anib
on September 21, 2017 at 9:44 PM
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Re: Re: Aba Brother, Kabu
Eliot suffered the devastation and the resultant confusion created thereof, of the post-war, both WWI and II. Human life, for him, had degenerated into being mechanical. I think that probably explains 'love without feeling'.
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anib
on September 21, 2017 at 9:26 PM
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Re: anibanerjee
Thank you, Sir Wiley
posted by
anib
on September 21, 2017 at 9:20 PM
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Re: Annicita
many thanks
posted by
anib
on September 21, 2017 at 9:20 PM
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posted by
Annicita
on September 21, 2017 at 3:38 PM
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anibanerjee
Captivating!!!!
posted by
WileyJohn
on September 20, 2017 at 4:07 PM
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Re: Aba Brother
Presta dear there cannot be love without feeling only physical coupling. and \i think perhaps you are correct. For me the end makes little sense without your explanation, the author himself coming out of some great depression state.
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Kabu
on September 20, 2017 at 11:54 AM
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Aba Brother
Again, outstanding discussion of a superb writer and his wonderful poem. I know he had some mental issues, and wonder if perhaps, in addition to the styles of writing of the times, and all the points you have saliently brought to light, his disconnected marriage and state of mind may have contributed to the poem's final version, or one of the versions. He was clearly a genius with multiple thoughts in his mind at all times, I think. The peace, hope and salvation at the end of the poem may represent himself coming through a difficult period and stepping into a better time. One thing though, how does one experience love without feeling? Love is feeling. LOL! Outstanding job for us, li'l bro! Thank you.
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Sea_Gypsy
on September 20, 2017 at 1:20 AM
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