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stons elalion aid impession <strong>of</strong>Donne s nrlc and lhought in Eliol s ponrv south.n<br />
(1981:130) eys, Momvd. setion I <strong>of</strong> Ash wednesda!', tilh ilr slow md srudied<br />
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Donnc\ Hrnnc." Besid.s, Southm finds mdy allBions in fie po.m frcm difiedt<br />
plns <strong>of</strong>Biblic{l lcxt. TheF e quo<strong>bt</strong>ions in lhe podn fisl rcnind us ola variclv ol<br />
idoq chtdcrcN and no.ic! <strong>of</strong> Biblc Lcop.rds. liarl rhe lision ol [zcli.l 0!u<br />
prophel lercmili $ on tu Lnh are the lllusions lound !l sereial plsccs <strong>it</strong>r tne pNm<br />
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pocn m orgeic lmt oidp'ssins Fligious bcliefs espdiallt orp.nm€<br />
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eri Eliols quesrer in Asi W.dn6d.y'@ncldd *irh . pE)€r lo lh. divin. Sin.i<br />
noth.i who i5 a conFrir. <strong>of</strong>rhe Vngin ond Da.te! B.al.ie. ln po$sv.uion<br />
poetr). Elior hss linked his ideas both wilh herary and religious lmdniods alonsside<br />
w. liftl @cElc allusionr in Eli<strong>of</strong>s po.ms 6on Ddret D,utt bwdr. l*lcn.<br />
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n lh*allr ttu.' (Lcnch! iblict. CloDhd (129) ,le sp€lks ol $e srrne<br />
indebredness ro Ddre or tlioas pln shilc di$ursi4 rhc cd.rPoiirion .r '.\\h<br />
Wednesdat'. lle siys, "Dantet is rh. mo$ comprchensiv€ dd rh. mosr,f./sz./<br />
pffint tion oi cmotions rh h6 evd ben modc. Eliol hG follo{ed, in Ash<br />
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us <strong>of</strong> ElioCs bomwin8s lffi oth& qrn6 6p€cially fDn Drnl. s AviN Cowdt.<br />
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.cquainled silh the borowcd nalerill, He says: No dou<strong>bt</strong> th. stan mdion.d by<br />
AEut D.ni.l ws p|!gl in Eliot s mind 6 he @dpos.d rhis pd <strong>of</strong> his pen. &d th.<br />
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lirebr] dd rcl igioos 6soci0tion. " E liot does not sry everyrhine on hk own. Healmost<br />
.lwals brings in a numb.r ol fs{lf lllusionr *irh which, if his ude.s @ llody
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