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EgregiousJellybean t1_j1zzr5z wrote

See, I love Eliot’s use of meter because he is very precisely economical with it; rather than consistent adherence to meter (like the great poets whom he viewed as his literary predecessors), he uses meter for effect. I haven’t read the waste land in a while, but I quite enjoyed Four Quartets in part due to his deliberate use of meter.

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