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The line reads as a reversal of the usual spring mood, where renewal is not gentle but unsettling. It can be taken to mean that awakening brings memory, desire, and discomfort at once, and it lands when a fresh start also makes loss or longing harder to ignore.
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About T.S. Eliot
American poet, essayist and playwright
T. S. Eliot was an American poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure in modernist poetry in English and won the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature. He changed the shape of English-language verse through his style, his handling of structure, and his spare, often bleak tone. He is also known for critical essays that reassessed long-held cultural assumptions.
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