The Hollow Men
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The poem describes hollow, empty men who are lifeless and without meaning or purpose. They whisper quietly together in a dry, dead land filled with broken images and symbols. There is a disconnect between ideas and reality, desires and actions. The shadow falls between these states, and life is drawn out between feeling and response. The world does not end with a bang, but with a whimper, as these hollow men drift through a barren landscape.
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The tower overlooks Paris at night, hearing the people sleep and smelling fresh bread as it lights the city. As the sun rises, the tower goes to sleep while the rest of Paris wakes up.
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This summary provides the essential information from the document in 3 sentences:
The document is a collection of 34 short poems or vignettes written in English that explore Indian themes, culture, mythology, and current events. The poems cover topics like religious rituals, family, gender roles, politics, nature, and history. Many of the poems are abstract and leave room for interpretation, while others comment on or are inspired by specific people or events happening in India.
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The Hollow Men
- 1. The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot Adapted by MinuMadhvani& Ida Tran
- 2. We are the hollow men Wearethe stuffed men Leaning Alas! together e a d H p i e c e filledwith straw
- 3. Our voices, when dried We together whisper Areand meaningless quiet w i Asin n d dry grass Or rats’ feet over b r o k e n g l a s s Inour dry c e l l a r
- 4. Shape without form, shade withoutcolor,, Paralysedforce, gesture withoutmotion;
- 5. Thisisthe deadland Thisis cactusland Herethe stoneimages Are raised, heretheyreceive The supplication of a dead man’s hand Under the of a twinkle fading star.
- 6. In this last of meeting places We grope together And avoid speech Gathered on this beach of the tumid river
- 7. Heregoround the prickly pear we Prickly pear prickly pear we Heregoround the prickly pear Atinthemorning. five o’ c l o c k
- 8. Falls the Shadow Between the idea And the reality For Thine is the Kingdom Between the motion And the act
- 9. Falls the Shadow Between the conception And the creation Life is very long Between the emotion And the response
- 10. Falls the Shadow Between the desire And the spasm Between the potency And the existence Between the essence And the descent For Thine is the KIngdom
- 11. For Thine is Life is For Thine is the
- 12. This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a but a . bang whimper