Poet who wrote “This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper” NYT Crossword Clue

Think of a modernist poet who might have pondered the quiet demise of the world.

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The clue refers to the famous poet T.S. ?????, who wrote the poem 'The Hollow Men.' The lines quoted in the clue are from the final stanza of this poem, making '?????' the correct answer.

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