...gashouse, Musing upon the king my brother's wreck And on the king my father's death before him ; or The chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, Glowed on the marble. In his book of criticism, "The Sacred Wood," Mr. Eliot himself justifies this use of echo. "English...

...he'll dig it up again! 'You! hypocrite lecteur! — mon semblable, — mon frere!' II. A GAME OF CHESS The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, Glowed...fruited vines From which a golden Cupidon peeped out 80 (Another hid his eyes behind his wing) Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra Reflecting...

...verb with the same subject immediately after. Mr. TS Eliot provides a grand example of this trick. The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, Glowed...Reflecting light upon the table as The glitter of Tier jewels rose to meet it, From satin cases poured in rich profusion ; In vials of ivory and coloured...

...he'll dig it up again! ' Youl hypocrite lecteur! — mon semblable, — mon frerel* II. A Game ofCbess The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, Glowed...fruited vines From which a golden Cupidon peeped out 80 (Another hid his eyes behind his wing) Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra Reflecting...

...wrought with golden vine* Iron which one tender Cupidon peeped out (Another hid his eyes bel 'nd hi« wing} Doubled the flames of seven-branched candelabra Reflecting light upon the table «fc«KK as The glitter of her jewel s rose to meet t*x it, From satin cases poured in rich profusions...

...Tradition, op. cit., p. 17. 8 Ibidem, p. 18. 9 Vedi nota 1. 10 The Chair she sat in, like a burnished trone, Glowed on the marble, where the glass Held up by standards...Cupidon, peeped out (Another hid his eyes behind his wings) Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra Reflecting light upon the table as The glitter...

...foreboding, and defeat. Similarly, when TS Eliot wishes to describe a rich and beautiful woman, he writes : The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, Glowed on the marble . . ., which is a reminiscence of Shakespeare's superb description of Cleopatra : The barge she sat...

...apparition of these faces in the crowd"; Eliot begins the section "A Game of Chess" of The Waste Land with "The chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, / Glowed on the marble, where the glass . . . "; and, finally, Hemingway's "Indian Camp" starts out with "At the lake shore there was another...

...learnt from despair. Eliot would be not only a great artist but a great man. APPENDIX /\ Game of Chess The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne. Glowed...fruited vines From which a golden Cupidon peeped out 5 (Another hid his eyes behind his wing) Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra Reflecting...

...of Cleopatra, and her domestic setting imitates Egyptian splendour with inappropriate extravagance: The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, Glowed...fruited vines From which a golden Cupidon peeped out . . . As the scene proceeds, it is not so much Shakespeare that is drawn upon as John Webster (?1 578-?...