Part one of term paper
The Theme of Emptiness in “” “,” a poem written by T.S. Eliot shows the narrators disgust and his faithless attitude toward all mankind. He refers to the human race as being “hollow,” (1) and having a “headpiece filled with straw,” (4) which creates the feeling and theme of emptiness. Eliot also uses allusions, symbols, and ...

Part two of term paper
... stanza states “Shape without form, shade without colour, Paralysed force, gesture without motion.” (11-12) Here Eliot puts strong ideas together in such a way that they seem to cancel out each other, leaving an empty feeling . In section three, Eliot used “dead,” (39) and “cactus” (40) to describe the setting, and “In deaths other kingdom/Walking alone,” (46-47) leaves the reader in an empty state of mind with no surroundings. When someone shouts into an empty, or wide area, it ...