In 1922, T. S. Eliot wrote a poem entitled "The Waste Land" that expressed the disillusionment of the post-war generation over the society in which they found themselves trapped. David Brin alludes to the poem in lines 61-62: "Only we, their children, linger to endure the world they left us: a lush, green placid world we call The Wasteland." Explain the meaning of this allusion in the context of the story.

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20 April, 21:46

In 1922, T. S. Eliot wrote a poem entitled "The Waste Land" that expressed the disillusionment of the post-war generation over the society in which they found themselves trapped. David Brin alludes to the poem in lines 61-62: "Only we, their children, linger to endure the world they left us: a lush, green placid world we call The Wasteland." Explain the meaning of this allusion in the context of the story.

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Christopher Delacruz · Answer 1

The line alluded by David Brain "Only we, their children, linger to endure the world they left us: a lush, green placid world we call The Wasteland." simply means that, those who were young when the war happened were left to live in the carcas of the environment that remained in the world after its destruction.

That the world was once a beautiful place but was turned into a waste as a result of the war.