Symbolism in T.S Eliot’s poetry

Presented to: Ma’am Nashra UsmaniPresented by: Hafsa Kayani

April is the cruelest month• Not desirable• Not bring any

renewal in a barren land

Dead land

• Barren land• Spiritually

dead

Dull roots • Memory and

desire stirring .. Dull roots with spring rain

• Paradoxical images

• Rotten basis • Lack of religion• No belief on God

Forgetful snow• Modern

man are lost in the sin

• Unable to step out of it

• No realization

Broken images

• Fragments of modern man’s mind

• Incomplete memories

Pack of cards

• Madame Sosostris

• Wisest women in Europe

• Judgment of modern man

Crowd of people

• I see crowd of people, walking round in a ring

• Lack of identity

Unreal city

• London• Hypocrite

people • Mechanical

world • Etherized

city

London bridge• A crowd

flowered over London bridge, so many

• I had not thought death had undone so many

• Limbo• Dante inferno

Dog

• Degradation• Animal imagery• Considered

better than man

A game of chess

• Black & white • Sorrows & bad

experiences & good time of life

• Female dominance but not in power

Chair

• Authority• Chair of

prostitutes• Beauty• Detractmant

Seven branched candelabra

• Attraction• Seductive

thing• Unclear light

Noise

What is that noise?The wind under the

door What is that noise now?What is the wind doing?Nothing again nothing.

Time

• Hurry up please its time

• Calls from conscience

Pills

• Its them pills I took, to bring it off…

• Satire on modern revolution

• Dullness

Rattle of the bones

• Infidelity of man

• Infertility

Dragging its slimy belly on the bankwhile I was fishing in the dull canals

• River Thames• Evil desires• Misused• Lost its dignity

Soda water

• Elite class • Luxury life• Lack of peace