The Waste Land by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
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certain references to vegetation ceremonies.
<1> Macmillan] Cambridge. I. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD Line 20. Cf. Ezekiel 2:1. 23. Cf. Ecclesiastes 12:5. 31. V. Tristan und Isolde, i, verses 5-8. 42. Id. iii, verse 24. 46. I am not familiar with the exact constitution of the Tarot pack of cards, from which I have obviously departed to suit my own convenience. The Hanged Man, a member of the traditional pack, fits my purpose in two ways: because he is associated in my mind with the Hanged God of Frazer, and because I associate him with the hooded figure in the passage of the disciples to Emmaus in Part V. The Phoenician Sailor and the Merchant appear later; also the "crowds of people," and Death by Water is executed in Part IV. The Man with Three Staves (an authentic member of the Tarot pack) I associate, quite arbitrarily, with the Fisher King himself. 60. Cf. Baudelaire: "Fourmillante cite;, cite; pleine de reves, Ou le spectre en plein jour raccroche le passant." |
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