in <em>The Waste Land</em> from T.S. Elliot there are a lot of allusions, which are references to persons things or places that the writer uses to say a whole lot with less words. In the sentence : "Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante.......", the author makes the allusion to the cunning tarot card reader and with the use of the various tarot card he furthermore gives allusions to happenings further in the poem. Some of the cards are : the Drowned Phoenician Sailor, The blank card, the hanged man , all with a meaning that the writer does not explicitly tells you but you must know from knowledge of the tarot cards. This you get from research and readings into the backgrounds of all these allusions
It seems that you have missed the necessary details for this question, but anyway, I have found the passage. <span> The best paraphrase of the first stanza of "the Olympic swimmer" would be option A. a</span><span>thletes across the globe train to compete in the Olympics but only one can win. Hope this is the answer that you are looking for.</span>
I think it would most likely be A.
Answer:
Standing as we do upon the watch tower of human freedom
Explanation:
This statement includes a simile standing as we do on a watch tower
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the most intense, exciting, or important point of something