The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot

Sep 21, 2026

Comprehensive contents listing for T. S. Eliot’s collected poetic and dramatic works, spanning major sequences and standalone poems from 1909 to 1962. The document organizes pieces such as “Prufrock,” “The Waste Land,” “The Hollow Men,” and “Ash-Wednesday,” followed by “Ariel Poems,” “Unfinished Poems,” “Minor Poems,” and “Four Quartets,” and then presents occasional verses, “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” and the play section including titles like “Murder in the Cathedral” and “The Cocktail Party.”

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CategoryLiterature

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Pages574

Reading Time14 h 44 min

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Collected Poems 1909–1962

Prufrock, 1917

Poems 1920

The Waste Land, 1922

The Hollow Men, 1925

Ash-Wednesday, 1930

Ariel Poems

Unfinished Poems

Minor Poems

Choruses from ‘The Rock’, 1934

Four Quartets

Occasional Verses

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats

Plays

Appendix

Poems Written in Early Youth

T. S. ELIOT The Complete Poems and Plays CONTENTS Title Page COLLECTED POEMS 1909–1962 PRUFROCK, 1917 The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Portrait of a Lady Preludes Rhapsody on a Windy Night Morning at the Window The ‘Boston Evening Transcript’ Aunt Helen Cousin Nancy Mr. Apollinax Hysteria Conversation Galante La Figlia Che Piange POEMS, 1920 Gerontion Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar Sweeney Erect ACooking Egg Le Directeur Mélange Adultère de Tout Lune de Miel The Hippopotamus Dans le Restaurant Whispers of Immortality Mr. Eliot’s Sunday Morning Service Sweeney Among the Nightingales THE WASTE LAND, 1922 I. The Burial of the Dead II. A Game of Chess III. The Fire Sermon IV. Death by Water V. What the Thunder said Notes on the Waste Land THE HOLLOW MEN, 1925 ASH-WEDNESDAY, 1930 I. Because I do not hope to turn again II. Lady, three white leopards sat under a juniper-tree III. At the first turning of the second stair IV. Who walked between the violet and the violet V. If the lost word is lost, if the spent word is spent VI. Although I do not hope to turn again ARIEL POEMS Journey of the Magi, 1927 A Song for Simeon, 1928 Animula, 1929 Marina, 1930 The Cultivation of Christmas Trees, 1954 UNFINISHED POEMS Sweeney Agonistes Fragment of a Prologue Fragment of an Agon Coriolan I. Triumphal March II. Difficulties of a Statesman MINOR POEMS Eyes that last I saw in tears The wind sprang up at four o’clock Five-Finger Exercises I. Lines to a Persian Cat II. Lines to a Yorkshire Terrier III. Lines to a Duck in the Park IV. Lines to Ralph Hodgson Esqre. V. Lines for Cuscuscaraway and Mirza Murad Ali Beg Landscapes I. New Hampshire II. Virginia III. Usk IV. Rannoch, by Glencoe V. Cape Ann Lines for an Old Man CHORUSES FROM ‘THE ROCK’, 1934 I. The Eagle soars in the summit of Heaven II. Thus your fathers were made III. The Word of the lord came unto me, saying IV. There are those who would build the Temple V. O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart VI. It is hard for those who have never known persecution VII. In the beginning GOD created the world VIII. O Father we welcome your words IX. Son of Man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears X. You have seen the house built, you have seen it adorned FOUR QUARTETS Burnt Norton, 1935 East Coker, 1940 The Dry Salvages, 1941 Little Gidding, 1942 OCCASIONAL VERSES Defence of the Islands A Note on War Poetry To the Indians who Died in Africa To Walter de la Mare A Dedication to my Wife OLD POSSUM’S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS The Naming of Cats The Old Gumbie Cat Growltiger ’s Last Stand The Rum Tum Tugger The Song of the Jellicles Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer Old Deuteronomy The Pekes and the Pollicles Mr. Mistoffelees Macavity: the Mystery Cat Gus: the Theatre Cat Bustopher Jones: the Cat about Town Skimbleshanks: the Railway Cat The Ad-dressing of Cats Cat Morgan Introduces Himself PLAYS Murder in the Cathedral The Family Reunion The Cocktail Party The Confidential Clerk The Elder Statesman APPENDIX POEMS WRITTEN IN EARLY YOUTH A Fable for Feasters A Lyric: ‘If Time and Space, as Sages say’ Song: ‘If space and time, as sages say’At Graduation 1905 Song: ‘When we came home across the hill ’ Before Morning Circe ’s Palace On a Portrait Song: ‘The moonflower opens to the moth’Nocturne Humouresque (after J. Laforgue) Spleen Ode The Death of Saint Narcissus Index of First Lines of Poems About the Author Also by T. S. Eliot Copyright COLLECTED POEMS 1909–1962 PRUFROCK and Other Observations 1917 For Jean Verdenal, 1889–1915 mort aux Dardanelles Or puoi la quantitate comprender dell ’amor ch ’a te mi scalda, quando dismento nostra vanitate, trattando l ’ombre come cosa salda. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock S’i ’c

FAQs

What major poetic works and sections are listed in this collection?

The contents include major works such as “Prufrock, 1917,” “The Waste Land, 1922,” “The Hollow Men, 1925,” “Ash-Wednesday, 1930,” “Four Quartets,” and “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” along with Ariel Poems, Unfinished Poems, and Minor Poems.

Which dramatic plays appear in the play section?

The play listings include “Murder in the Cathedral,” “The Family Reunion,” “The Cocktail Party,” “The Confidential Clerk,” and “The Elder Statesman.”

How is the document structured across poetry, plays, and an appendix?

It first lays out Collected Poems with dated sections, then provides a separate “PLAYS” section, and ends with an “APPENDIX” that contains “POEMS WRITTEN IN EARLY YOUTH,” plus additional index-style material.

Sep 21, 2026

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