What metaphors are used in The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot?

Asked by bookragstutor on 20 Aug 04:25

Last updated by Cat on 20 Oct 04:54

Answered by Cat on 20 Oct 04:54

The Waste Land contains a single unified metaphor with two parts:

1) the fable of the land itself (and of its King);

2) the situation of love in its profane, sacred, and mystic forms.