T. S. Eliot and His Connection With Future Generations

T. S. Eliot has influenced the public for years, because he was not afraid to be honest.  In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” the audience is given a dilemma that all must face at one point in their life.  A road leading you two directions, while trying to decide which turn to take it is impossible to not refer back to past mistakes.  Although, one of the most important aspects of this poem is that one’s failures are only considered so in their eyes.  No one remembers the little stupid things you do, which you feel have affected others greatly. But since we are human, we are filled with remorse and sadness when confronted with our past actions. This can also be said for “Hollow Men,” which discussed the idea of death.  When I saw death, I mean in the sense of your soul leaving your physical body behind, because really no one is ever fully gone. It is almost like Eliot is coping with a lost as well, which is could explain the pauses in the poem. He has a way of connecting with an audience that is generations ahead, but somehow is able to understand him wholly.