Justify the title of the poem “The Waste Land.”
PremiumJustify the title of the poem The Waste Land NU Or The Waste Land is a sigh for the vanished glory of the past Explain NU To justify a literary title is to explain how it suits the story T S Eliot published The Waste Land in The title suggests a land of barrenness death and despair It reflects modern Europe after the First World War The poem shows both present sterility and the lost glory of the past Thus the title is fitting and deeply symbolic Spiritual Barrenness The land is spiritually empty Eliot writes of a heap of broken images where nothing grows The Wastelanders are lifeless like ghosts crossing London Bridge April usually a joyful month becomes cruel here April is the cruellest month The barrenness of the soul makes the title justified Moral and Sexual Corruption Love has become meaningless In The Fire Sermon the clerk