I'm going to talk about the first section of the poem, "The Hollow Men" by T.S. Eliot. I'm only going to talk about the first section because I believe it has enough to say and it has a great opening to a very strong and dominate poem. I actually prefer this poem over the one we read for class. It's almost more realistic then the love poem. Anyways, this poem's opening is about these men that stand together and pose as scarecrows. They are dry in every way, attempted humor, voice, looks... everything. It almost has a slow start due to the dryness of their nature. Not only are they dry, but their purpose in life is very dry. What they say and do is completely useless and meaningless. Which, is boring but it grabs your attention because as the reader you want to know if they change. I wanted to know what came of them. Their lives were like hell in many ways. But not actually hell because they were too coward to commit the violent crimes they needed to for admittance to hell. They were stuck in a state of not hell but not heaven. They can't cross the river Styx for the decision. This is why they are called Hallow Men. I just thought the execution of their characters in so little words was captured greatly. The rest of the poem is incredible but I particularly like the introduction.