rilCalendar }}April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. Derived from the Latin aprilis, either from the Latin word aperire which means "to open", probably referring to growing plants in spring, or from the Etruscan name Apru for Aphrodite.
April was originally the second month of the Roman calendar and had 29 days. Julius Caesar's calendar reform in 45 BCE resulted in April having 30 days and becoming the fourth month, as the year now began in January.
1 April in poetry
Poets identify April with the end of winter, but they don't necessarily agree on what that means:
- We start with the proverb
- April showers bring May flowers
- Whan that April with his showres soote (that is, sweet)
- The droughte of March hath perced to the roote,
- And bathed every veine in swich licour,
- Of which vertu engendred is the flowr; (ll. 1-4)
- Modernized for The Norton Anthology of English Literature
- T. S. Eliot, on the other hand, opened The Waste LandThe Waste Land is a 433-line poem by T. It was published in 1922. Eliot, along with James Joyce and Ezra Pound, was one of the figureheads of early modernist writing. The Waste Land is one of the most famous and most written about poems of the 20th centur with an ironic glance at Chaucer:
- April is the cruellest month, breeding
- Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
- Memory and desire, stirring
- Dull roots with spring rain.
- SpringThe word spring has several meanings: spring (device), a common mechanical part. spring (season), a season of the year. spring (water), a natural source of water. Spring is a town in the USA: see Spring, Texas. Springs is a city in South Africa: see Sprin - Edna St. Vincent MillayCarl Van Vechten, 1933 Edna St. Vincent Millay ( February 22, 1892 October 19, 1950) was a lyrical poet and playwright and the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She was also known for her unconventional and Bohemian lifestyle and her m
- To what purpose, April, do you return again?
- Beauty is not enough.
- You can no longer quiet me with the redness
- Of little leaves opening stickily.
- I know what I know.
- The sun is hot on my neck as I observe
- The spikes of the crocus.
- The smell of the earth is good.
- It is apparent that there is no death.
- But what does that signify?
- Not only under ground are the brains of men
- Eaten by maggots.
- Life in itself
- Is nothing,
- An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs.
- It is not enough that yearly, down this hill,
- April
- Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.
2 Events in April
- April Fool's DayThe first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year. Mark Twain April Fool's Day or All Fools' Day is a notable day, though not of its own right a holiday, celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is celebrated by occurs on April 1April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. Events 527 Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. 1789 In New York City, the United Stat.
- EasterEaster is generally accounted the most important holiday of the Christian year, observed March or April each year to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead (after his death by crucifixion; see Good Friday), which Christians believe happened at occurs on a SundayA week is a unit of time longer than a day and shorter than a month. In most modern calendars, including the Gregorian Calendar, the week is a period of seven days, making it the longest conventionally used time unit that contains a fixed number of days. between March 22 and April 25April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). There are 250 days remaining. Events 1607 Dutch fleet destroys anchored Spanish fleet 1707 An Allied Austrian army is defeated by Bourbon army at Almansa ( Spain) in th inclusive in Western Christianity, and between April 4 and May 8 inclusive in Eastern Orthodox Churches.
- April is National Autism Awareness Month in the United States
- In the Irish Calendar the month is called Aibreán and is the third and last month of Spring.
