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Which character in T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' asks 'What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow / Out of this stony rubbish'?
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The Sibyl
Quiz Options
- The Sibyl
- Phlebas the Phoenician
- Madame Sosostris
- The Narrator
Explanation & Context
The lines are spoken by the fragmented narrator in T.S. Eliot's seminal 1922 poem 'The Waste Land', reflecting a sense of desolation.
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