The Waste Land
What is the mood of "The Fire Sermon" by T.S. Eliot?
Section III: The Fire Sermon
Poem: The Waste Land
Section III: The Fire Sermon
Poem: The Waste Land
The mood is cautionary. The Fire Sermon” is in essence a sermon about the dangers of lust. It is important to recognize that Eliot culminates this passage with an invocation of both Eastern and Western philosophy; he even says so himself in his notes. “