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The epigraph of The Waste Land refers to a story told by __________ in Satyricon.

Trimalchio tells the story of the Sibyl recalled in the epigraph to The Waste Land. Her longing for death introduces the poem's concern with exhausted life and failed renewal.

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The epigraph of The Waste Land refers to a story told by __________ in Satyricon.

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Trimalchio tells the story of the Sibyl recalled in the epigraph to The Waste Land. Her longing for death introduces the poem's concern with exhausted life and failed renewal.

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