Selected Poems

Chosen by Eliot himself, the poems in this volume represent the poet’s most important work before Four Quartets. Included here is some of the most celebrated verse in modern literature—“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” “Gerontion,” “The Waste Land,” “The Hollow Men,” and “Ash Wednesday”—as well as many other fine selections from Eliot’s early work. Explore the cornerstones of Modernism that defined a generation: Landmark 20th-Century Poetry: Experience the poems that captured the disillusionment and fragmentation of the post-war world, from the iconic opening of "The Waste Land" to the haunting whispers of "The Hollow Men." Author-Curated Collection: Personally selected by T. S. Eliot, this volume presents the work he considered his most significant from his early, groundbreaking period. Alienation and the Modern Psyche: Follow the unforgettable inner monologue of J. Alfred Prufrock as he measures out his life with coffee spoons, a defining portrait of modern anxiety. Nobel Prize-Winning Voice: Read the essential verse that earned Eliot the Nobel Prize in Literature and cemented his reputation as one of the most important poets of his time.