TheWaste Land is T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem．Try to state the theme and the significance of the poem briefly.

TheWaste Land is T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem．Try to state the theme and the significance of the poem briefly.

A.Theme: the poem. is concemed with the spiritual breakup of a modem cirilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.
B. Significance:The poem has been hailed as landmark and e model of the 20th-century English poetry, comparable to Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads.