"eyes on feet"
In the original draft, this line reads, "And each one kept his eyes before his feet"(V.Eliot 9).
Eliot crossed out "kept" and "one," and written in the margin, 'fixed' and "man."
The reason for the change from "kept" to "fixed" was probably done to create a sense of oppression, and the change from "one" to "man" was enervated because it is all men who are doing this, not just one.
Eliot crossed out "kept" and "one," and written in the margin, 'fixed' and "man."
The reason for the change from "kept" to "fixed" was probably done to create a sense of oppression, and the change from "one" to "man" was enervated because it is all men who are doing this, not just one.