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Why do they say that April is the cruelest month?

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Posted - July 23, 2016
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  • It comes from the poem "The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot. In context:

    APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding  
    Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing  
    Memory and desire, stirring  
    Dull roots with spring rain.

      July 23, 2016 1:09 PM MDT
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  • 1523

    It is??  I never heard that.

      July 23, 2016 1:25 PM MDT
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  • 17761

    Nevan answered correctly.

      July 23, 2016 4:31 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    I heard that they say that September is.  After the Boys of Summer have gone. 

      July 23, 2016 4:40 PM MDT
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