T.S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot was a poet, raised in America but who lived his adult life in England. The Waste Land is his most famous poem.

Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song.

One of his lighter works, Old Possums Book of Practical Cats, inspired the musical Cats.

Works by Eliot with their own trope pages include:

T.S. Eliot provides examples of the following tropes:

Dances and Balls
Dear Negative Reader: The Triumph of Bullshit. Never published in his lifetime, but quite stunning to read. "For Christ's sake, stick it up your ass."
Light Is Good
Literary Allusion Title: Aside from inspiring many of these, Portrait of a Lady is a reference to a novel by Henry James.
Lying Creator: Admitted that the notes attached to The Waste Land were there to fill space, and that at least some of them were intentionally misleading.
Mind Screw
Self-Deprecation: "How unpleasant to meet Mr. Eliot!"
Sexless Marriage: Eliot's.
Shout-Out: Eliot was a master of allusion, weaving it throughout his works.
Sirens Are Mermaids
Sophisticated As Hell: The aforementioned The Triumph of Bullshit.
Stepford Smiler: J Alfred Prufrock.