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T.S. Eliot - Whispers of Immortality

WEBSTER was much possessed by death
And saw the skull beneath the skin;
And breastless creatures under ground
Leaned backward with a lipless grin.

Daffodil bulbs instead of balls
Stared from the sockets of the eyes!
He knew that thought clings round dead limbs
Tightening its lusts and luxuries.

Donne, I suppose, was such another
Who found no substitute for sense,
To seize and clutch and penetrate;
Expert beyond experience,

He knew the anguish of the marrow
The ague of the skeleton;
No contact possible to flesh
Allayed the fever of the bone.
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Grishkin is nice: her Russian eye
Is underlined for emphasis;
Uncorseted, her friendly bust
Gives promise of pneumatic bliss.

The couched Brazilian jaguar
Compels the scampering marmoset
With subtle effluence of cat;
Grishkin has a maisonette;

The sleek Brazilian jaguar
Does not in its arboreal gloom
Distil so rank a feline smell
As Grishkin in a drawing-room.

And even the Abstract Entities
Circumambulate her charm;
But our lot crawls between dry ribs
To keep our metaphysics warm.

Added: on May 21st, 2007 at 2:19 AM | Viewed: 9559 times | Comments and analysis of Whispers of Immortality by T.S. Eliot Comments (8)


Whispers of Immortality - Comments and Information

Poet: T.S. Eliot
Poem: 10. Whispers of Immortality
Volume: Poems
Year: Published/Written in 1920

Comment 8 of 8, added on April 3rd, 2008 at 10:33 PM.

I like how the poem is put together how he talks about death or hell but i didnt like the way he ended it with the jaguar that made no cense. But other then that it was an awsome poem.

Mickey from United States
Comment 7 of 8, added on October 15th, 2007 at 12:34 PM.

A fever of sexual repression and self-loathing dressed up as cultural commentary. Guaranteed to appeal to adolescents, and catchy to boot.

Grishkin from Ireland
Comment 6 of 8, added on May 21st, 2007 at 2:19 AM.

this poem makes no sense, why is he talking about a the ballet dancer that he meet in london and what he trying to tell through this poem.

wally from United States

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