The Waste Land

What is the mood of "The Fire Sermon" by T.S. Eliot?

Section III: The Fire Sermon

Poem: The Waste Land

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The mood is cautionary. The Fire Sermon” is in essence a sermon about the dangers of lust. It is important to recognize that Eliot culminates this passage with an invocation of both Eastern and Western philosophy; he even says so himself in his notes. “