THE
WASTE
LAND
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T. S.
ELIOT
POEM MAP ENDNOTES SOURCES ABOUT

The Waste Land

Lines 185-186

But at my back in a cold blast I hear
The rattle of the bones, and chuckle spread from ear to ear.

Context

An allusion to Andrew Marvell's “To His Coy Mistress”. Read more about this poem in the note to line 196.

References