Little Gidding
E115041
"Little Gidding" is the fourth and final poem in T. S. Eliot’s "Four Quartets," reflecting on time, history, and spiritual renewal against the backdrop of an English religious community.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Little Gidding canonical | 4 |
| "Little Gidding" (poem) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Little Gidding Context triple: [Four Quartets, hasPart, Little Gidding]
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Godalming
Godalming is a historic market town in southeast England known for its picturesque streets, riverside setting, and role as a commuter hub for London.
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Sather Gate
Sather Gate is a historic Beaux-Arts style gateway and landmark entrance to the main campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
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C.
Asphodel Meadows
Asphodel Meadows is a region of the Greek underworld where the souls of ordinary or unremarkable mortals dwell after death.
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D.
Crynant
Crynant is a small village and community in the Dulais Valley of Neath Port Talbot, South Wales, historically associated with coal mining.
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E.
Shadowmoss
Shadowmoss is a tram stop on the Manchester Metrolink network in the Wythenshawe area of Greater Manchester, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Little Gidding Target entity description: "Little Gidding" is the fourth and final poem in T. S. Eliot’s "Four Quartets," reflecting on time, history, and spiritual renewal against the backdrop of an English religious community.
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A.
Godalming
Godalming is a historic market town in southeast England known for its picturesque streets, riverside setting, and role as a commuter hub for London.
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B.
Sather Gate
Sather Gate is a historic Beaux-Arts style gateway and landmark entrance to the main campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
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C.
Asphodel Meadows
Asphodel Meadows is a region of the Greek underworld where the souls of ordinary or unremarkable mortals dwell after death.
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D.
Crynant
Crynant is a small village and community in the Dulais Valley of Neath Port Talbot, South Wales, historically associated with coal mining.
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E.
Shadowmoss
Shadowmoss is a tram stop on the Manchester Metrolink network in the Wythenshawe area of Greater Manchester, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| alludesTo |
Christian liturgy
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Dante Alighieri ⓘ Julian of Norwich ⓘ |
| author | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed by literary critics ⓘ |
| famousLine |
"All shall be well, and / All manner of thing shall be well"
ⓘ
"And the end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started" ⓘ "History may be servitude, / History may be freedom" ⓘ "The fire and the rose are one" ⓘ "We shall not cease from exploration" ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | periodical publication ⓘ |
| form | lyric meditation ⓘ |
| genre | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Anglican religious community at Little Gidding ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterIncludedIn | collected edition of Four Quartets ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered one of Eliot's major late works ⓘ |
| meter | mixed, predominantly free verse with lyrical passages ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | meditative first-person and impersonal voice ⓘ |
| partOf | Four Quartets ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext | Christian metaphysics of time and eternity ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | fourth poem in Four Quartets ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | early 1940s ⓘ |
| referencesEvent |
World War II
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surface form:
Second World War
The Blitz ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Anglicanism (broadly)
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surface form:
Anglican Christianity
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| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| seriesCompanionWork |
Burnt Norton
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East Coker ⓘ Four Quartets ⓘ
surface form:
The Dry Salvages
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| setting | Little Gidding religious community in Huntingdonshire, England ⓘ |
| structure | divided into five sections ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
contemplation of death and judgment
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possibility of renewal after catastrophe ⓘ relationship between personal and national history ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian faith
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contemplation and prayer ⓘ history ⓘ redemption ⓘ spiritual renewal ⓘ suffering and purification ⓘ the intersection of time and eternity ⓘ time ⓘ war and destruction ⓘ |
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Subject: Little Gidding Description of subject: "Little Gidding" is the fourth and final poem in T. S. Eliot’s "Four Quartets," reflecting on time, history, and spiritual renewal against the backdrop of an English religious community.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
"Little Gidding" (poem)
subject surface form:
All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well