George David Gopen Reads T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land
& Provides a Close Textual Analysis
No one understands the musicality of T. S. Eliot like George. His close textual analysis of Eliot’s 1922 masterpiece, The Waste Land, draws on decades of rhetorical study. George guides the reader through every passage as they build a relationship with the work. If you love poetry, don’t miss this epic endeavor.
Links below lead to the YouTube Playlist.
George David Gopen Reads T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land
I. The Burial of the Dead
II. A Game of Chess
III. The Fire Sermon
IV. Death by Water
V. What the Thunder Said
George David Gopen’s Close Textual Analysis of TS Eliot’s The Waste Land
Introduction Part 1
Introduction Part 2
I. The Burial of the Dead
Lines 1 — 7
Lines 8 — 30
Lines 31 — 59
Lines 60 — 76
II. A Game of Chess
Lines 77 — 103
Lines 102 — 138
Lines 139 — 172
Lines 173 — 186
III. The Fire Sermon
Lines 187 — 248
Lines 249 — 311
IV. Death by Water
Lines 312 — 321
V. What the Thunder said
Lines 322 — 367
Lines 367 — 401
Lines 396 — 484 (End)