This work, by poet t. s. eliot, is one the most important modernist pieces and is characterized by shifts in point of view among voices and perspectives within the poem. using allusions and phrases from many cultures and languages, the poem centers thematically on a modern world where destruction has shattered past symbols and ideals. the poem suggests that people must recreate meaning from the fragments left behind. a. the forgotten b. the waste land c. the wasted day d. murder in the cathedral