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==Influenced By Eliot and The Waste Land== | ==Influenced By Eliot and The Waste Land== | ||
'''Wilfred Owen's "Futility"''' | '''Wilfred Owen's "Futility"''' | ||
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''Move him into the sun — | ''Move him into the sun — | ||
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Gently its touch awoke him once, | Gently its touch awoke him once, | ||
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At home, whispering of fields unsown. | At home, whispering of fields unsown. | ||
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Always it woke him, even in France, | Always it woke him, even in France, | ||
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Until this morning and this snow. | Until this morning and this snow. | ||
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If anything might rouse him now | If anything might rouse him now | ||
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The kind old sun will know. | The kind old sun will know. | ||
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Think how it wakes the seeds — | Think how it wakes the seeds — | ||
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Woke, once, the clays of a cold star. | Woke, once, the clays of a cold star. | ||
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Are limbs so dear-achieved, are sides | Are limbs so dear-achieved, are sides | ||
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Full-nerved, — still warm, — too hard to stir? | Full-nerved, — still warm, — too hard to stir? | ||
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Was it for this the clay grew tall? | Was it for this the clay grew tall? | ||
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— O what made fatuous sunbeams toil' | — O what made fatuous sunbeams toil' | ||
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To break earth's sleep at all?" | To break earth's sleep at all?" | ||
| − | Owen was a poet contemporary to Eliot, also writing WWI thematic poetry such as his poem "Futility" | + | |
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| + | Owen was a poet contemporary to Eliot, also writing WWI thematic poetry such as his poem "Futility", which speaks of the war dead and futile attempts to wake them from their final slumber, as well as representing the destructive effects the war had on the land. "The Waste Land" has a continuous theme of futility and desolation in Europe following the war | ||
==Derivative Works== | ==Derivative Works== | ||
