Posted by Henry1 on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 6:40pm.
I believe "dried tubers" is referring to the plants' roots. I think the poet is imagining them to be dried up under the earth since they aren't producing any growth above the ground.
1) Eliot, however, prefers the winter because it lets men live in peace and forget the past. He associates the winter with warmth and cosiness even though it feeds the land with dried tubers, a symbol of spiritual sterility.
2) The poem is written in free verse. He uses alliteration and repetition of the sound "ing". Being a symbolist, Eliot gives importance to the sound quality of words.
(delete "writer" after "symbolist")
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