In my end is my beginning.

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"In my end is my beginning" is a recurring, paradoxical line from T. S. Eliot’s *Four Quartets* that encapsulates its meditation on time, death, and spiritual renewal.

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In my end is my beginning. canonical 1

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instanceOf literary motif
quotation
appearsInPoem East Coker
appearsInWork Four Quartets
author T. S. Eliot
culturalImpact frequently quoted in discussions of time and spirituality
often cited in literary criticism of T. S. Eliot
form refrain
hasCounterpartLine In my beginning is my end
influencedBy Christian eschatology
mystical theology
language English
literaryDevice chiasmus
paradox
literaryMovement Modernism
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
notableFor encapsulating the meditation on time in Four Quartets
expressing the interdependence of endings and beginnings
recursIn Four Quartets
relatedConcept alpha and omega
cyclical time
eternal return
spiritual rebirth
theme Christian theology
cyclical nature of existence
death
paradox
redemption
resurrection
spiritual renewal
time
usedAs summary of Four Quartets’ spiritual vision

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Four Quartets notableLine In my end is my beginning.