In "The Hollow Men," how might you interpret Eliot's use of the words hollow, dried, and broken to describe the hollow men?

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Obviously, when Eliot uses words such as hollow, dried, and broken to describe the hollow men, he doesn't mean it literally - it is always a metaphor when poets use words in order to convey a message. So here, when he uses those words, he means that the lives of hollow men are empty - void of spirituality or meaning.

He doesn't refer to them gathering supplies, being damaged by the wind, or not having money - he is referring to their empty lives in general.