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Introduction: "Ash Wednesday" (sometimes Ash-Wednesday) is a long poem written
by T. S. Eliot during his 1927 conversion to Anglicanism. Published in 1930, the poem
deals with the struggle that ensues when one who has lacked faith in the past strives to move towards God. It often referred to as Eliot's "conversion poem", "Ash-Wednesday", with a base of Dante's Purgatorio, is richly but ambiguously
allusive and deals with the move from spiritual barrenness to hope for human salvation. In the first section, Eliot introduces the idea of renunciation with a quote from Cavalcanti, in which the poet expresses his devotion to his lady as death approaches. Read Now...
Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (1888 – 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. He is considered to be one of the 20th century's greatest poets, as well as a central figure in English-language Modernist poetry. Eliot first attracted widespread attention for his poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" from 1914 to 1915, He was also known for seven plays, particularly Murder in the Cathedral (1935) and The Cocktail Party (1949). He was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry." Read Now...
The religious holiday Ash Wednesday starts the period of Lent, approximately forty days (depending on religious denomination) that somberly celebrate the events leading to the death of Jesus Christ. In many traditions, believers fast or make specific sacrifices during Lent to parallel Jesus' fasting in the desert. Broadly, it is a time of reflection and repentance. Thus the title of the poem, "Ash Wednesday," prepares the reader for a religious theme and places it within the Christian context of Lent and spiritually-focused sacrifice. The poem concludes on Good Friday, near the time when Lent ends. The title refers to 'Ash Wednesday,' the first of the forty days of Lent, which is a time for self reflection, sacrifice, and repentance in many denominations of Christianity. Read Now...