The Waste Land

poem by T.S. Eliot
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The Waste Land

Summary

The Waste Land is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.39% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,470 views/month, #25 of 6,426).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Waste Land authored T. S. Eliot[3].
  • The Waste Land's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Waste Land's instance of is recorded as narrative poetry[5].
  • The Waste Land was published by Horace Liveright[6].
  • The Waste Land's genre is poetry[7].
  • The Waste Land's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • The Waste Land's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • The Waste Land's country of origin is recorded as England[10].
  • The Waste Land was released on 1922[11].
  • The Waste Land's has edition or translation is recorded as The Waste Land[12].
  • The Waste Land's has edition or translation is recorded as The Waste Land (iPad edition)[13].
  • The Waste Land's dedicated to is recorded as Ezra Pound[14].
  • The Waste Land's described at URL is recorded as https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land-56d227a99ddeb[15].
  • The Waste Land's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Waste Land'}[16].
  • The Waste Land's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'April is the cruellest month, breeding'}[17].
  • The Waste Land's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Shantih shantih shantih'}[18].
  • The Waste Land's copyright status is recorded as public domain[19].
  • The Waste Land's form of creative work is recorded as poem[20].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include written work[4] and narrative poetry[5].

Why It Matters

The Waste Land ranks in the top 0.39% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,470 views/month, #25 of 6,426).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . poetryfoundation.org. Retrieved . poetryfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . lrb.co.uk. Retrieved . lrb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . lrb.co.uk. Retrieved . lrb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · InventaireBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status public domain
    Country of origin
    Country of origin United States, England
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