T.S. Eliot: Poems
The Hollow Men
What world is ending “not with a bang but a whimper”?
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The world that is ending is the Western Christian tradition, reflected in the fragments of the Lord’s Prayer, for example. Throughout the poem, Christian imagery reflects a religious desire, which is then countered by despair.
