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The Waste Land and Other Poems

T S Eliot

T.S. Eliot's most famous work, The Waste Land, has been called one of the twentieth century's most important poems. Among his most famous lines are "April is the cruellest month" and "I will show you fear in a handful of dust." The poem falls may be placed alongside other prominent modernist poetry,...

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The Moth

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The Moth

The host read the opening lines of this poem to conclude the episode, noting that T.S. Eliot was her second favorite Missouri poet.

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April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

— Episode: Saying More with Less: Natalie Bell and...

Episode: Saying More with Less: Natalie Bell and Glenn Nort...

The host read the opening lines of this poem to conclude the episode, noting that T.S. Eliot was her second favorite Missouri poet.

"

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

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