Who wrote "The Waste Land"?
Q: Who wrote "The Waste Land"?
A: T.S. Eliot wrote "The Waste Land".
Q: When was the poem first published?
A: The poem was first published in 1922.
Q: Who was the first reader of the poem?
A: Ezra Pound was the first reader of the poem and he helped Eliot to make it shorter and better.
Q: How many parts does the poem have?
A: The poem is divided into five parts; The Burial of the Dead, A Game of Chess, The Fire Sermon, Death by Water and What the Thunder Said.
Q: How many lines are in "The Waste Land"?
A: There are 433 lines in "The Waste Land".
Q: What type of verse is used in this work?
A: The work is written in free verse and blank verse.
Q: Which authors did Eliot draw inspiration from for his work?
A: Eliot makes allusions to Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, Oliver Goldsmith, Ovid, Charles Baudelaire, Gerard de Nerval and Thomas Kyd for his work. He also uses different sources of inspiration including both Christianity and Buddhism.
