The poem has the ballad meter (quatrains of four-foot lines alternating with three-foot lines) that, by loosening and tightening, her genius could make express any mood, from joy to grief. The winter ...

Ash Wednesday has inspired poetry. In 1930s England, when Christianity was losing ground among the intelligentia, T.S. Eliot’s poem “Ash Wednesday” reaffirmed traditional Christian faith and worship.

A Homily for Ash Wednesday. Readings: Joel 2:12-18 2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 There is a line in the T. S. Eliot poem “The Waste Land” that may evoke the Book of Genesis. It ...

Ash Wednesday has inspired poetry. In 1930s England, when Christianity was losing ground among the intelligentia, T.S.

Ash Wednesday's sacred ashes, created from the burned palm leaves of last year's Palm Sunday, are at risk. The tradition, ...

Ash Wednesday has inspired poetry. In 1930s England, when Christianity was losing ground among the intelligentia, T.S. Eliot’s poem “Ash Wednesday” reaffirmed traditional Christian faith and ...

Ash Wednesday has inspired poetry. In 1930s England, when Christianity was losing ground among the intelligentia, T.S. Eliot’s poem “Ash Wednesday” reaffirmed traditional Christian faith and ...