Decoding "The Burial of the Dead"
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(→Figure 1: Eliot's Prophetic Terms from "The Burial of the Dead" -vs- "Order for the Burial of the Dead") |
(→Figure 2: Recurrent Words from "The Burial of the Dead") |
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+ | The words that do feature prominently in Eliot's "The Burial of the Dead," are particularly telling for his attitude. Both "dead," and "death," feature prominently, but so does "shadow," "winter," "roots," and "fear." The last, "fear," introduces the crisis of faith most strongly. | ||
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+ | In the "[[Order for the Burial of the Dead]]" | ||
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