Poetry by T. S. Eliot

poem by T.S. Eliot

poetry collection by T. S. Eliot

1943 cycle of poems by T.S. Eliot

poem by T.S. Eliot

poem by T. S. Eliot

poem by T. S. Eliot

poem by T.S. Eliot

poem by T.S. Eliot

1936 poem written by T. S. Eliot

Macavity the Mystery Cat, also called the Hidden Paw, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of T. S. Eliot's 1939 poetry book ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. He also appears in the Andrew Lloyd Webber 1981 musical Cats'', which is based on Eliot's book. Macavity is a cunning criminal and con artist; he possesses mystical powers and is the antagonist of the musical.

1941 poem written by T. S. Eliot

poem by T. S. Eliot

"Gerontion" is a poem by T. S. Eliot that was first published in 1920 in Ara Vus Prec (his volume of collected poems published in London) and Poems (an almost identical collection published simultaneously in New York). The title is Greek for "little old man," and the poem is a dramatic monologue relating the opinions and impressions of an elderly man, which describes Europe after World War I through the eyes of a man who has lived most of his life in the 19th century. Two years after it was published, Eliot considered including the poem as a preface to The Waste Land, but was talked out of thi