Poet's Corner
Karen V. Wasylowski "The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living" Epitaph on the memorial to T.S.Eliot. The South Transept of Westninster Abbey is a special place when it comes to British culture. It is here the mortal remains (or at least a memorial) of some of the greatest poets, playwrights and writers in English literature have been laid to rest, beginning with Geoffrey Chaucer in 1556. Over the centuries the tradition has grown, and only a chosen few have been considered worthy of this honor. You can see how brilliant this man is... Chaucer actually owed his Westminster burial more to his position, Clerk of Works of the Palace of Westminster, than to his writing, but in 1556 he was moved the South Transept, along with Edmund Spencer, British Poet and writer of 'The Faerie Queen', and the popular corner began to take off. Lord Byron is commemorated there, William Shakespeare as well (although his actual buria...