This poem’s author claimed that much of its source material as well as its title came from Jessie Weston’s book From Ritual to Romance. This poem’s speaker asks “Shall I at least set my lands in order” while sitting on a beach next to an “arid plain,” after which he recites the line “London Bridge is falling down falling down falling down.” The first of this poem’s five sections, “The Burial of the Dead,” opens by stating that “April is the cruelest month.” For 10 points, name this long, modernist poem by T.S. Eliot.
This poem’s author claimed that much of its source material as well as its title came from Jessie Weston’s book From Ritual to Romance. This poem’s speaker asks “Shall I at least set my lands in order” while sitting on a beach next to an “arid plain,” after which he recites the line “London Bridge is falling down falling down falling down.” The first of this poem’s five sections, “The Burial of the Dead,” opens by stating that “April is the cruelest month.” For 10 points, name this long, modernist poem by T.S. Eliot.
This poem’s author claimed that much of its source material as well as its title came from Jessie Weston’s book From Ritual to Romance.