Waste Land, The

American  

noun

1. a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.

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“The Waste Land” Cultural  

1. (1922) A poem by T. S. Eliot. Its subject is the fragmented and sterile nature of the modern world, particularly the world after World War I.

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Example Sentences

His strategy is revealed, consciously or not, in a well-known line from his own poem “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley,” published in 1920, two years before “The Waste Land”: “The age demanded an image.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“Eliot After ‘The Waste Land,’” the second volume of Robert Crawford’s two-part biography, offers some revelations about the poet.

From New York Times

“Today, the U.S. Senate is the last line of defense against becoming a woke, socialists, waste land,” the congressman says.

From Washington Times

His best known works include “The Waste Land,” “The Hollow Men” and “Four Quartets.”

From Washington Times

Waste Land The life and times of poet T.S.

From Los Angeles Times