Glossary of Terms
"that Shakespeherian Rag": reference to "That Shakespearian Rag," a 1912 song by Gene Buck and Herman Ruby
Cannon Street Hotel: a hotel in the financial district of London
carbuncular: resembling a boil
carious: decayed
combinations: undergarments
damyata: to control
datta: to give
dayadvham: to sympathize
demobbed: released from the army
demotic: colloquial
Ganga: the Ganges River in India
Himavant: Sanskrit for "snowy." Probably refers in this case to the Himalayas.
Hofgarten: a park in Munich
Magnus Martyr: reference to a church in London, in honor of St. Magnus
Moorgate: a district in East London
Mylae: a battle in the First Punic War (between Carthage and Rome)
Philomel: a reference to Philomela, who was raped by King Tereus.
Starnbergersee: a lake outside Munich
the Metropole: a hotel in Brighton
ClassicNote on The Waste Land
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