First off... wow! I really enjoyed reading this poem. Eliot poured out his heart and soul into this peace to have us think upon his words, wanting us to take a step back and think about it: "What is he saying and how did it relate to his culture at the time?" I love poetry of any kind really, and this one completely engrossed me with all the details used to entrance the reader to keep reading and wanting more to understand what Eliot was saying.
This poem seems to talk about how throughout his life, the narrator of the poem is merely a wallflower, an outcast, a person on the sidelines who is merely waiting for the opportunity to speak out and make a difference. Referring to himself as R and G, the worthless due, he states that his only purpose in life was to serve and possibly thwart the protagonist, Hamlet. It's as if he is reflecting on his useless life and wanting to change it somehow. One line that seems to refer to this is "Till human voices wake us, and we drown." Does he want to throw his life away? Does he believe that he has no use for his life anymore that he would just go kill himself to save God or humanity the trouble? Maybe.
T.S. Eliot seemed to take his own thoughts and twist them together with a sense of chaos to have people really think about what he is trying to portray to everyone through his work. There is no sense of order, correct stanzas, or anything really. These are just my thoughts...
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