... write both his poems and his plays. Thomas Sterns Eliot had a few major influences in his life. T. S. Eliot was born in Missouri. Living in St. Louis for eighteen years of his life. He also attended Harvard while he was here. He moved to Sorbornne, having already earned both undergraduate and masters ... he kept his distance for the next eight years. In 1934, Eliot published "Burnt Norton", a poem on which he based the structure for many of his later poems. In 1938, Vivienne was committed to Northumberland House, a mental hospital of London. During the Blitz, Eliot served as an air-raid...

• Word Count: 1997
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School