Four Quartets

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long poem modernist poem poetry collection

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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instanceOf long poem →
modernist poem →
poetry collection →
author T. S. Eliot →
completionYear 1942 →
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom →
criticalReputation considered a masterpiece of 20th-century English poetry →
considered one of T. S. Eliot's greatest works →
firstPartPublicationYear 1936 →
form sequence of four poems →
genre modernist poetry →
philosophical poetry →
religious poetry →
hasAdaptation audio recordings by T. S. Eliot →
radio broadcasts →
stage readings →
hasPart Burnt Norton →
East Coker →
Little Gidding →
The Dry Salvages →
influencedBy Christian mysticism →
Dante Alighieri →
Heraclitus →
Hindu philosophy →
language English →
literaryMovement Modernism →
mainTheme Christian theology →
eternity →
history →
human experience →
memory →
redemption →
spirituality →
suffering →
time →
meter mixed verse and prose-like rhythms →
notableLine All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well. →
In my beginning is my end. →
In my end is my beginning. →
The still point of the turning world. →
numberOfParts 4 →
publicationPeriod 1936–1942 →
publisher Faber and Faber →
references Julian of Norwich →
religiousTradition Anglo-Catholicism →
setting Burnt Norton, Gloucestershire, England →
East Coker, Somerset, England →
Little Gidding, Cambridgeshire, England →
The Dry Salvages, Massachusetts, United States →
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St Michael and All Angels' Church, East Coker ("poem "East Coker"") →
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St Michael and All Angels' Church, East Coker →
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Stearns →
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Four Quartets ("The Dry Salvages") →
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T. S. Eliot →
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Ash-Wednesday →
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Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot →
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