By T.S. Eliot

We are the hollow men

We are the hollow men

TOGETHER piece filled with straw. Alas! Leaning

TOGETHER

Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless ______ >

Our dried voices, when

As wind in dry grass Or rats’ feet over broken glass In OUR dry cellar

As wind in dry grass

Or rats’ feet over broken glass

In OUR dry cellar

ShApE without form , ShAdE without colour ,

ShApE without form , ShAdE without colour ,

Those who have crossed

Those who have crossed

Violent souls , but only As the hollow men The stuffed men

Violent souls , but only

Eyes I dare not meet in dreams In death’s dream kingdom These do not appear

Eyes I dare not meet in dreams

There, the eyes are

There, the eyes are

There, is a tree swinging And voices are In the wind’s singing

There, is a tree swinging

Than a fading star

Let me be no nearer

Let me be no nearer

Let me also wear Such deliberate d i s g u i s e s Rat’s coat, crow skin , crossed staves

Let me also wear

In a field Behaving as the wind behaves

In a field

Behaving as the wind behaves

Not that final meeting

Not that final meeting

This is the dead land This is the cactus land

This is the dead land

Here the stone images Are RAISED , here they receive The supplication of a dead man’s hand

Here the stone images

Are RAISED , here they receive

The supplication of a dead man’s hand

Is it like this In death’s other king dom

Is it like this

In death’s other king dom

Waking alone At the hour when we are tReMbLiNg with tenderness

Waking alone

At the hour when we are

tReMbLiNg with tenderness

Lips that would kiss Form prayers to broken stone

Lips that would kiss

The eyes are not here There are no eyes here

The eyes are not here

There are no eyes here

In this last of meeting places We grope together And avoid speech Gathered on this beach of the tumid river

In this last of meeting places

We grope together

And avoid speech

Gathered on this beach of the tumid river

Sightless , unless The eyes reappear As the perpetual star

Sightless , unless

The eyes reappear

As the perpetual star

The hope only Of empty men

Here we go round the prickly pear Prickly pear prickly pear Here we go round the prickly pear At five o’clock in the morning

Here we go round the prickly pear

Prickly pear prickly pear

Between the idea And the reality

Between the idea

Between the motion And the act

Between the motion

Between the conception And the creation

Between the conception

And the creation

Between the emotion And the response

Between the emotion

Falls the shadow Life is very l o n g

Falls the shadow

Life is very l o n g

Between the desire And the spasm Between the potency And the existence

Between the desire

And the spasm

Between the essence And the descent

Between the essence

For Thine is Life is For Thine is the

For Thine is

Life is

For Thine is the

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

Not with a bang but a whimper

Not with a bang but a whimper

“ Not with a bang but a whimper”- Allegory “ Kingdom”- motif “ Between the desire/And the spasm”-Parralellism “ Here we go round the prickly pear/Prickly pear prickly pear”- rhythm “ As wind in dry grass/Or rats’ feet over broken glass”- Consonance

“ Not with a bang but a whimper”- Allegory

“ Kingdom”- motif

“ Between the desire/And the spasm”-Parralellism

“ Here we go round the prickly pear/Prickly pear prickly pear”- rhythm

“ As wind in dry grass/Or rats’ feet over broken glass”- Consonance