April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.

T.S. Eliot

The Waste Land

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April Spring Seasons

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

The Waste Land

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Eliot, T. S. "The Waste Land." The Criterion, Oct. 1922, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Eliot, T. S. "The Waste Land." The Waste Land and Other Poems. Vintage, 2021, pt. 1.

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This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

T.S. Eliot

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End of the world Decline of civilization Societal collapse

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
The Hollow Men
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Eliot, T. S. "The Hollow Men." Poems: 1909-1925. Faber and Gwyer, 1925, pt. 5.

Current Citation

Eliot, T. S. "The Hollow Men." The Waste Land and Other Poems. Vintage, 2021, pt. 5.

Another quote from the 1920s

Because it's there.

George Mallory

Quoted in The New York Times

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Topic
Climbing mountains Mountains Finding one's limits Adventure Challenges
Speaker
George Mallory
Source
The New York Times
Medium
Interview Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Mallory, George. "Climbing Mount Everest is Work for Supermen." New York Times, 18 Mar. 1923.

Another quote about Seasons

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Summer The ephemeral Seasons

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Sonnet 18 Shakespeare's Sonnets
Medium
Sonnet Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile Question
Language
English
Time
1609 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 18, I. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 18.