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A parody of this poem containing the line “a typist is laid, a record is played” was written by Wendy Cope. This poem uses “the rattle of bones, and chuckle spread from ear to ear” to modify a line from “To His Coy Mistress.” This poem quotes the Cumaean Sibyl’s line “I want to die” in its epigraph. In this poem, Lil’s conversation about her husband Albert is interrupted (10[1])by the phrase “HURRY UP PLEASE IT’S TIME.” (10[2])This poem’s sections include “A Game of Chess,” (10[1])“What the Thunder Said,” and “The Fire Sermon,” which ends with the prayer, “shantih, (10[2]-5[1])shantih, (10[1])shantih.” (10[1])For 10 points, “April is the cruelest month” begins what (10[1])long poem by T.S. Eliot? ■END■

ANSWER: “The Waste Land
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