Question

An allusion to "The Waste Land" in another poem would be an example of what?

literary allusion


historical allusion


mythical allusion


religious allusion

Answer 1

literary allusion

Step-by-step explanation:

An allusion is a literary device used to briefly or indirectly give reference to a person, place, or thing or something that is of historical, political, or literary significance. Just with the mention of this reference the reader have an idea of what the author is trying to tell about.

For instance, If someone is saying, "He's such a Scrooge", that means he is telling that the person resembles "Scrooge", the character of Dickens' Christmas Carol is.

In the same manner, if a poet of another poem is mentioning "The Waste Land" in his poem, then he is using "Literary Allusion", as he is giving reference of a literary work.

Answer 2

the first option

Step-by-step explanation:

Literary allusion is an illuminating or significant reference in a text to another well known text. If a poem made some references to the piece of poetry of T.S. Eliot, we could say that we are before a literary allusion. The reference tends to imply that the reader of the poem is acquainted with the comparison or the reference, otherwise the reference would be pointless. For this reason the alluded text needs to be well known by most readers. The literary allusions used to be biblical for instance