Which 20th century poet said: "This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper."?
Correct answer: T.S. Eliot
RushMama2112
This quote is on the first page of The Stand.
Byrde Alpha Bitch
Considering the climate of the time, it is more likely to end with that big bang than a whimper.
joey
the way things are going in 2025 looks like it will be a bang
Lionessa
I missed this one. I was thinking of Yeats: "What foul beast, its time come round at last, slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?" This one also appears in "The Stand," King's greatest book (IMO). And it was Dylan Thomas who wrote, "Do not go gentle into the good night. Rage! Rage! against the dying of the light."
wesley
in the book by Robert Townsend, until the Sun dies, our sun Will gradually grow to completely consume Mercury, Venus and Earth before it collapses to become a red dwarf.
Tom
Maestra!!! loved your comment!!! They'll probably bang their head into a wall while looking at their phone😂😂😂
Whywolf
This was immediately following WW1, when much of the population was disillusioned and pessimistic.
Maestra
Whimper in some ways (everyone will be too busy looking at their phones) and a bang with the weather!
Daedalus
Angst and ennui.