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(Decoding "The Burial of the Dead" by Courtney Handy)
 
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     Go back to [[Shoring Up Fragments Against Our Ruin: Quotations and Allusions]]
 
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==[["Decoding 'The Burial of the Dead'"]]==
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==[[Decoding "The Burial of the Dead"]] by Courtney Handy==
"Decoding 'The Burial of the Dead'" is an original essay in progress which looks at the hidden  
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[[Decoding "The Burial of the Dead"]] is an original essay in progress which looks at the hidden  
  
 
Biblical language of "The Burial of the Dead" using Biblical allusions used in the Anglican service  
 
Biblical language of "The Burial of the Dead" using Biblical allusions used in the Anglican service  
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world, as it emerges from the ruins of social decay.
 
world, as it emerges from the ruins of social decay.
  
Hesitantly, the frequently occurring terms will be:
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I will look specifically at tone words and how frequently they occur, versus how the Biblical allusions lend to an understanding of this
  
1. "life"
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section of the poem.
 
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2. "death"
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3. "eternal"
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4. "end"
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5. "mercy"
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6. "glory"
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7. "resurrection"
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8. "fear"
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These terms occur frequently in the Biblical texts, and also apply directly to Eliot's complex
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notion of the world.
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==Title: "The Burial of the Dead"==
 
==Title: "The Burial of the Dead"==
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