April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. Derived from that Latin word aperire which means "to open", probably referring to growing plants in spring.
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
- In the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer found only cause for celebration:
- Modernized for The Norton Anthology of English Literature
- T. S. Eliot, on the other hand, opened The Waste Land with an ironic glance at Chaucer:
- April Fool's Day occurs on April 1.
- Easter occurs on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25 inclusive.
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Historical anniversaries
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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