"The Burial of the Dead" Annotations
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::::Line 22 "...a heap of broken images" | ::::Line 22 "...a heap of broken images" | ||
| − | ::::Ezekiel 6 God threatens to break the idols and images of idols in his wrath. | + | ::::Ezekiel 6 God threatens to break the idols and images of idols in his wrath. This section also begins to speak to the societal ::::ills of adultery, which will be a theme of the next section of Eliot's work. |
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| + | ::[[Ecclesiastes 12]] | ||
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| + | ::::Line 23 "And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief" | ||
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| + | ::::Ecclesiastes 12:5 refers to the time in ones old age, known as the "evil days" when desire fails, and even grasshoppers are a | ||
| + | ::::burden. If you think back to the beginning of "The Burial of the Dead" ("mixing memory and desire") this is particularly | ||
| + | ::::relevant. | ||
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