Bookplanet: T.S. Eliot called the Wasteland 'rhythmical grumbling'

Here's what T.S. Eliot said about The Wasteland, probably the most famous and influential poem of the 20th century:
"Various critics have done me the honor to interpret the poem in terms of criticism of the contemporary world, have considered it, indeed, as an important bit of social criticism. To me it was only the relief of a personal and wholly insignificant grouse against life; it is just a piece of rhythmical grumbling."
Christopher Hitchens takes him at his word in this article about "the most overrated poem in the Anglo-American canon."