Burnt Norton
E115039
Burnt Norton is the first of T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, a meditative poem reflecting on time, memory, and spiritual insight.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Burnt Norton canonical | 4 |
| Burnt Norton (poem) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burnt Norton Context triple: [Four Quartets, hasPart, Burnt Norton]
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A.
Four Quartets
Four Quartets is a sequence of four interlinked poems by T. S. Eliot that meditates on time, spirituality, and human experience, and is considered one of his greatest poetic achievements.
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B.
Reveries of the Solitary Walker
Reveries of the Solitary Walker is a posthumously published autobiographical and philosophical work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composed as a series of meditative walks reflecting on his life, society, and nature.
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C.
Lotus-Eaters
The Lotus-Eaters are a mythical people in Greek mythology whose intoxicating lotus fruit causes those who eat it to forget their homes and lose all desire to return.
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D.
Arcadia
Arcadia is a mountainous region in the central Peloponnese of Greece, historically famed as a rustic, pastoral idyll in art and literature.
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E.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burnt Norton Target entity description: Burnt Norton is the first of T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, a meditative poem reflecting on time, memory, and spiritual insight.
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A.
Four Quartets
Four Quartets is a sequence of four interlinked poems by T. S. Eliot that meditates on time, spirituality, and human experience, and is considered one of his greatest poetic achievements.
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B.
Reveries of the Solitary Walker
Reveries of the Solitary Walker is a posthumously published autobiographical and philosophical work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composed as a series of meditative walks reflecting on his life, society, and nature.
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C.
Lotus-Eaters
The Lotus-Eaters are a mythical people in Greek mythology whose intoxicating lotus fruit causes those who eat it to forget their homes and lose all desire to return.
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D.
Arcadia
Arcadia is a mountainous region in the central Peloponnese of Greece, historically famed as a rustic, pastoral idyll in art and literature.
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E.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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meditative poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| author | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| containsConcept |
attentiveness to the present
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dance as spiritual image ⓘ failed possibilities ⓘ intersection of time and the timeless ⓘ paradox of time ⓘ rose garden as symbolic setting ⓘ The still point of the turning world. ⓘ
surface form:
the still point of the turning world
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| cyclePosition | first quartet in Four Quartets ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1936 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium |
Collected Poems
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surface form:
Collected Poems 1909–1935
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| form | sequence of five sections ⓘ |
| genre | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Section I
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Section II ⓘ Section III ⓘ Section IV ⓘ Section V ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian theology
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Heraclitus ⓘ San Juan de la Cruz ⓘ
surface form:
St. John of the Cross
mystical philosophy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublication | Four Quartets ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| meter | mixed meter ⓘ |
| nationalLiterature | British literature ⓘ |
| openingLine | Time present and time past ⓘ |
| partOf | Four Quartets ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
East Coker
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Little Gidding ⓘ Four Quartets ⓘ
surface form:
The Dry Salvages
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| setting | an English country house garden ⓘ |
| structure | five numbered movements ⓘ |
| style | free verse with lyrical passages ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian spirituality
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eternity ⓘ human consciousness ⓘ memory ⓘ redemption ⓘ spiritual insight ⓘ the nature of reality ⓘ the present moment ⓘ time ⓘ |
| titleOrigin |
Burnt Norton, Gloucestershire, England
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surface form:
Burnt Norton manor in Gloucestershire, England
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this entity surface form:
Burnt Norton (poem)
this entity surface form:
Burnt Norton (poem)
subject surface form:
The still point of the turning world