TS Eliot famously called April "the cruellest month." But what did this renowned poet have to say about the other eleven? In this essay I will

or should I just send it straight to buzzfeed?

From Murder in the Cathedral:

October: "golden"
October: "decaying"
November: "sombre"
December: "happy"
December: "dismal"

Sometimes Good, But Always Bad: TS Eliot and His Months

Old Eliot's Book of Practical Monthly Epithets

special mention to August, remembered best for "the insistent out-of-tune of a broken violin"