Aptly titled, part two of the poem - A game Of Chess illustrates the concentration and orchestration of Eliot.

"The chemist said it would be alright, but I've never been the same. You are a proper fool, I said." Lilith looks old, but blames it on the pills.

The passage then goes on to deal with ominousness…

"The first strophe introduces motif, which marks the section of rape. The rape depicted is that of Philomel, a rape described with the words 'so rudely forced.' The rape of Philomel is the rape of Lilith." - Nate Jarvis

Then hallucinated vision…

This is Dido, Queen of Carthage. Reference is made to the banquet given by her for her Trojan lover Aeneas. "In fattening…the coffered ceiling" translating into: "blazing torches hang from the golden paneled ceiling, and the torches conquer the night in flames." - Robert DiYanni

Then nightmare…

"Good night, ladies…good night." This is an allusion to Shakespeare's Hamlet, in which Ophelia sings her mad song before drowning herself.

The theme of infidelity and sexuality is prevalent as well. As the lady's soldier husband has been away for four years, she's supposedly having an affair which then leads to what seems like an abortion.

Ham, it's what's for dinner, preferably hot to get the 'beauty' of it.

References to Russia and Post-war Europe…