ReferenceBlazing T Latin "Blazing torches hang from the gold-paneled ceiling, and torches conquer the night with flames" (NA) reference topics back to "Flung their smoke ..." noteFlung their smokeFlung their smoke ... Laquearia. V. Aeneid , I, 726: dependent lychni laqueribus auries incensi, et noctem flammis funalia vincunt [Eliot's note] Eliot refers to lines from a passage which describe how Dido entertains her royal guests (Aeneas and train). Eliot…Click for the full annotation → →Title of “Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar”Title of "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar" linguistic analysis The syntactic parallelism of the title is striking, and in that particularly the presence of a colon. The syntactic structures of the title's two constituents are exactly the same -…Click for the full annotation → back to "The Waste Land" → Related pagesFlung their smoke