Exploring The Waste Land
A cross reference page
Cross References
This page shows cross refences and comparisons for a single topic only.
However, a full list of cross references
available in either the
notes frame
or in the
definitions frame
(better).
Repetition
There are many sections in
The Waste Land
where Eliot uses repetition to good effect.
Hyacinths
Closing time at the public house:
And again at the public house:
People
In this section notice the repetition of violet hour, throbbing,
waiting,
hour and home and how this repetition adds a throbbing effect:
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215) At the violet hour, when the eyes and back
216) Turn upward from the desk, when the human engine waits
217) Like a taxi throbbing waiting,
218) I Tiresias, though blind, throbbing between two lives,
219) Old man with wrinkled female breasts, can see
220) At the violet hour, the evening hour that strives
221) Homeward, and brings the sailor home from sea,
222) The typist home at teatime, clears her breakfast, lights
Stop and *ink
In the section below
notice the repetition of gaily and hand and hands
in close proximity. Also note that heart is seen in both lines
402 and 420.
Shadows:
Exploring The Waste Land
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