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Ash Wednesday by T. S. Eliot (1930)
When Eliot became a member of the Church of England in 1927, he found a meaning in life that had previously eluded him. Ash Wednesday is one of the first fruits of this religious conversion and thus marks a radical development from his earlier work, such as The Waste Land. At the beginning of the poem, the speaker is dissatisfied with life and needs to construct a new way of being in the world. As the poem develops, he learns to accept religious faith, honor the value of prayer, seek divine mercy, and hope for salvation. In its Christian worldview and the hope it expresses for a sound basis on which to live, the poem resembles “East Coker.”
“Burnt Norton” by T. S. Eliot (1936)
This is the first of the Four Quartets, in which Eliot created the five-part structure that he would follow in the other poems. Burnt Norton is a manor house and garden in Gloucestershire, England, which Eliot visited with a friend in the summer of 1934. The first section of the poem likely recalls some of the pleasant impressions that the house, and especially the garden, made on him at the time.
By T. S. Eliot
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday
T. S. Eliot
Four Quartets
Four Quartets
T. S. Eliot
Journey of the Magi
Journey of the Magi
T. S. Eliot
Little Gidding
Little Gidding
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Mr. Mistoffelees
Mr. Mistoffelees
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Murder in the Cathedral
Murder in the Cathedral
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Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a Lady
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Preludes
Preludes
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Rhapsody On A Windy Night
Rhapsody On A Windy Night
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The Cocktail Party
The Cocktail Party
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The Hollow Men
The Hollow Men
T. S. Eliot
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
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The Song of the Jellicles
The Song of the Jellicles
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The Waste Land
The Waste Land
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Tradition and the Individual Talent
Tradition and the Individual Talent
T. S. Eliot