Eliot's+The+Hollow+Men

T.S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men,"1925": [|"The Hollow Men"] (link for text; play to hear and see video)

While Eliot has often been accused of [|elitism], his work exemplifies what Modernist poets sought to do with imagery. This piece is in response to the unprecedented destruction of World War I. Never before had such devastation been witnessed, and the result was a lack of faith in previously held ideals and optimism. media type="youtube" key="7KvkJdcmqek?fs=1" height="224" width="279" align="center"