April

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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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Topic

April Spring Seasons

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

The Waste Land

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

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.

O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day.

William Shakespeare

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

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Topic

New love Love April Spring

Speaker

Proteus

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Two Gentlemen of Verona." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Two Gentlemen of Verona." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 3.