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='''''Decoding "The Burial of the Dead": Understanding Eliot's WWI Crisis of Faith'''''=

The Anglican burial service, the "[[Order for the Burial of the Dead]]" in its scriptural variations, saw a lot of use after the massive death 
toll of WWI, and the decimation of nearly an entire generation of England's young men.  Eliot, who had tried to join the U.S. Navy upon the 
outbreak of the Great War, was rejected for physical reasons.  He moved to England, where the toll was heavier and the men more likely to die, 
and witnessed the decimation of fighting men, watching and waiting from the sidelines.  His feelings of impotence, his guilt, his anger, and 
the other personal anxieties resultant from his married life create the feelings of disillusionment and bitterness in "The Waste Land," and 
even a crisis of faith.

='''Figure 1: Eliot's Prophetic Terms from "The Burial of the Dead" -vs- "Order for the Burial of the Dead"'''=



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='''Figure 2: Recurrent Words from "The Burial of the Dead" '''=

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='''Figure 3: Recurring Words from "[[Order for the Burial of the Dead]]"'''=

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='''Figure 4: Recurring Terms in the Biblical Allusions of "The Burial of the Dead"'''=

Unfortunately, our "prophetic" terms did not occur within the selection listed below.  However, here is a selection of other telling words.

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=='''Biblical Allusions'''==

===[[Job 8]]===

===[[Ezekiel 2]]===

===[[Ezekiel 6]]===

===[[Ecclesiastes 12]]===

===[[Isaiah 2]]===

===[[Isaiah 32]]===

='''Figure 5: Recurring Terms in the Biblical Allusions from "[[Order for the Burial of the Dead]]" '''=


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=='''Biblical Allusions'''==

===[[John 11]].25-26===

===[[Job 19]].25-7===

===[[1 Timothy 6]].7===

===[[Job 1]].21===
 	 	
===[[Psalm 25]].6===

===[[Deuteronomy 33]].27===
 	 	 
===[[Romans 8]].38-39===
 	 	 
===[[Romans 14]].8-9===
 	 	
===[[Matthew 5]].4===

===[[John 14]].1===

===[[Psalm 39]]===
 	 	 
===[[Psalm 23]]===

===[[Psalm 130]]===

===End of Psalm Prayer=== 

===[[1 Corinthians 15]].20-6===

===[[1 Corinthians 15]].35-38===

===[[1 Corinthians 15]].42-44===

===[[1 Corinthians 15]].53-58===
 	 	 
===[[2 Corinthians 4]].16 - 5.10===
 
===[[Revelation 7]].9-17===
 	 	 
===[[Revelation 21]].1-7===

===[[Psalm 103]]===