"What the Thunder Said" Annotations
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(→Lines 428-430, Purgatorio, "Pervigilium Veneris," "O Swallow, Swallow," "El Desdichado") |
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===Lines 322-330, Biblical Imagery=== | ===Lines 322-330, Biblical Imagery=== | ||
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After the torchlight red on sweaty faces | After the torchlight red on sweaty faces | ||
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Eliot refers to French poet Gerard de Nerval's poem [["El Desdichado"]] (1853). | Eliot refers to French poet Gerard de Nerval's poem [["El Desdichado"]] (1853). | ||
| − | ===Lines 431-432=== | + | ===Lines 431-432, ''The Spanish Tragedy''=== |
These fragments I have shored against my ruins | These fragments I have shored against my ruins | ||
Why then Ile fit you. Hieronymo's mad againe. | Why then Ile fit you. Hieronymo's mad againe. | ||
| − | ===Lines 433-434=== | + | Eliot's note refers to [[''The Spanish Tragedy'']] IV.i.59-106. |
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| + | The way in which the characters formulate a tragedy and defend their formulation seems to be the same sorts of ideas that Eliot relied upon in the writing of "The Waste Land." | ||
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| + | ===Lines 433-434, Sanskrit and the Bible=== | ||
Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. | Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. | ||
Shantih shantih shantih | Shantih shantih shantih | ||
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| + | Give. Be compassionate. Self-control. | ||
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| + | "The peace which passeth understanding" X 3. | ||
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| + | '''[[Philippians 4]]:7''' | ||
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| + | "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." | ||
