The formation of stanzas allows this effect on the reader to occur, giving the reader a better understanding of what and what not to emphasize or what to focus. One of the most notable authors of the modern movement happens to be the late TS Eliot. TS Eliot, born Thomas Streans, was one of the great writers of the early 1900s. His poem entitled "The Wasteland" was and still is a poem widely used to represent the modern poetry movement. Although considered very difficult to understand, even by the most educated, the poem is still used today as a way to look back at early modern, wave-making works of literature. By breaking down this iconic work of literary art stanza by stanza, you, as the reader, begin to see the modern art form raging within its entire structure. It challenges Victorian art by taking you away from the days of subtextual divinity and linguistic consistency and diving deep into the subconscious of symbolism. Although at first he does not stray much from traditional writing, he uses it as a way to engage the reader and help them focus and settle into the poem. Then comes the explosion of this profound art