Peer Review #3

Thank you for your honest and open reflection on the anxiety that comes with the unknown. You’ve made an excellent choice of poem, I think it’s fair to say that most people can experience that sense of vulnerability seen in Eliot’s work, I know that I have as well. I remember the first time I started attending university, I had a very similar reaction to the one that you described.  It is a gnawing, unpleasant feeling that can feed upon itself if not confronted. To add to what you’ve observed, something I really value about this poem are all the references it makes to other works and artists; Michelangelo, Alighieri’s Dante’s Inferno, Shakespeare’s Prince Hamlet. I wonder if it is a reflection of Eliot’s own struggles, that even the most accomplished amongst us can feel that sense of doubt, that we consider ourselves inadequate.

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