Tradition and the Individual Talent by T. S. Eliot | Poetry Foundation
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Tradition and the Individual Talent by T. S. Eliot | Poetry Foundation
Saved by Soleil Saint-Cyr and
Meaning, while a slippery concept, seemed inextricable from human relationships and moral values. T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land resonated profoundly, relating meaninglessness and isolation, and the desperate quest for human connection.
The poet needs the practicalities of making a living to test and temper the lyricism of insight and observation. The corporation needs the poet’s insight and powers of attention to weave the inner world of soul and creativity with the outer world of form and matter.