Thanks for such great explaination. It made sense only at the end. I was really confused in the beginning thinking what exactly the poet wants to convey, sometimes he is regretting about his past sometimes he is trying to move on living in the present moment. But then I have understood he might be reflecting on his past experiences and being pessimistic but as a human he knows we can't change our past but can only make our present better . It was really a difficult poem to understand , thanks for your help ma'am.
The hidden laughter of children and the point of the poem may be that we contain all our potentialities in the present ie "now." In a way, all our futures are contained here now, always in the present but they may never be realised.
After reading Eliot, I'm very much convinced with Larkin's view about Eliot, "............first of all you have to terribly educated, you have to read everything to know these things and secondly you have got somehow to work them in to show you are working them in......" By the way, you tried well to interpret these lines but even though I ain't content..
Thank you for that thoughtful and articulate interpretation. I don't agree that this is a pessimistic poem. I think he is reflecting on his past failed marriage and the unhappiness that caused him but the essence of the poem is looking forward towards finding a spiritual release by living in the present which is optimistic not pessimistic.
ma'am, I really enjoy listening to your vedios🥰🥰 It would be really great and helpful if you could make a full-length video on how to analyze a sonnet or the grammar behind understanding a poem or a sonnet.
Ma'am, I think pessimism is inevitable here....the context Eliot lived was a pessimistic one .....as every text speak for a its context..the context of world war was a human made disaster......so how can a genuine writer be blind?????
Thank you for the insight. A poem offers an endless potential of being made meaningful. It is a challenge for us to try and decipher it from multiple perspectives to get a sense of its depth. And this one is a complex, layered, and philosophical piece. Keep thinking!
This is the best explanation I have seen. Thank you!
Thank you ma'am!
Understanding any poem by watching your lessons is a delight, truly. Much love to you Neha Ma'am.
Thank you Keerti. I am so happy that you are able to relate to the content.
Thanks for such great explaination. It made sense only at the end. I was really confused in the beginning thinking what exactly the poet wants to convey, sometimes he is regretting about his past sometimes he is trying to move on living in the present moment. But then I have understood he might be reflecting on his past experiences and being pessimistic but as a human he knows we can't change our past but can only make our present better . It was really a difficult poem to understand , thanks for your help ma'am.
The hidden laughter of children and the point of the poem may be that we contain all our potentialities in the present ie "now." In a way, all our futures are contained here now, always in the present but they may never be realised.
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Thank you very very much.
After reading Eliot, I'm very much convinced with Larkin's view about Eliot, "............first of all you have to terribly educated, you have to read everything to know these things and secondly you have got somehow to work them in to show you are working them in......"
By the way, you tried well to interpret these lines but even though I ain't content..
Thank you for that thoughtful and articulate interpretation. I don't agree that this is a pessimistic poem. I think he is reflecting on his past failed marriage and the unhappiness that caused him but the essence of the poem is looking forward towards finding a spiritual release by living in the present which is optimistic not pessimistic.
I think pessimism is the wrong word, I think he is a realist
ma'am, I really enjoy listening to your vedios🥰🥰
It would be really great and helpful if you could make a full-length video on how to analyze a sonnet or the grammar behind understanding a poem or a sonnet.
Ma'am,
Would you bring an analysis on "Among schoolchildren" by Yeats?
Noted. In queue.
@@Pratyanchahere Thank you.
Ma'am, I think pessimism is inevitable here....the context Eliot lived was a pessimistic one .....as every text speak for a its context..the context of world war was a human made disaster......so how can a genuine writer be blind?????
Thank you for the insight. A poem offers an endless potential of being made meaningful. It is a challenge for us to try and decipher it from multiple perspectives to get a sense of its depth. And this one is a complex, layered, and philosophical piece. Keep thinking!