FTP identify this 1924 work of T.S. Eliot, which opens with the line 'April is the cruelest month.'
The Hindu word 'shantih,' repeated three times, closes this poem. A curious end to a rather curious poem. Allusions to Sanskrit mythology as well as to characters from Greek myth such as Tiresias, abound. It is divided into five sections ; The Burial of the Dead, A Game Of Chess, The Fire Sermon, Death By Water, and What The Thunder Said. FTP identify this 1924 work of T.S. Eliot, which opens with the line 'April is the cruelest month.'
The Hindu word 'shantih,' repeated three times, closes this poem.
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