Exploring The Waste Land
A poetry commentary page linked from The Waste Land, Part V, line 331


Part V
Lines 331-358

In August of 1923 Eliot wrote Ford Madox Ford that The Waste Land had about 30 good lines and challenged him to find the lines. In October Eliot identified the good lines as the 29 lines making up the water-dripping song.

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[ "The Facsimile" p. 129 ]

Exploring The Waste Land
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