“Had they deceived us Or deceived themselves?” “Distracted from distraction by distraction” These poems serve as a reminder of our time and place in the world. The memories that these poems invoked were so visceral that I could not only imagine the visual aspects but also the smells, being fully transported in the moment. On YouTube, there is an old scratchy recording of TS Eliot reading these poems, and it was such a unique experience, taking the time to slow down and allowing the imagery to come to mind as these poems were read. The Four Quartets is a series of poems written in 1943 by T.S. The Four Quartets, whose final quartet Frank Kermode has called Eliot's "farewell to poetry", was the last major verse he wrote and the culminating work in his distinguished career as a poet. Eliot exerted a profound influence on his contemporaries in the arts as well as on a great international audience of readers. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, widely honored for his poetry, criticism, essays, and plays, T.S.
(The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature ) The work addresses the connections of the personal and historical present and past, spiritual renewal, and the very nature of experience it is considered the poet's clearest exposition of his Christian beliefs. Spiritual, philosophical, and personal themes emerge through symbolic allusions and literary and religious references from both Eastern and Western thought. Eliot's insights into the cyclical nature of life are revealed through themes and images woven throughout the four poems. Each of the quartets has five "movements" and each is titled by a place name-BURNT NORTON (1936), EAST COKER (1940), THE DRY SALVAGES (1941), and LITTLE GIDDING (1942). Eliot, published individually from 1936 to 1942, and in book form in 1943 it was considered by Eliot himself to be his finest work. The Four Quartets is a series of four poems by T.S.
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