The rhyme and meter rely on the repetition and circularity of language, which corresponds to the conception of time introduced in the poem. Eliot’s The Wasteland, as several fragments of poetry are put together and set as one. The poem’s structure and form are similar to T. The lyrical voice meditates on life and the need to subscribe to the universal order. The main theme of ‘Burnt Norton is the nature of time, its relation to salvation, and the contrast between the experience of the modern man and spirituality. The poem is named after a manor house in Gloucestershire. Finally, the fifth section presents the question of art’s possible entirety, which is equivalent to the seek for spiritual health. The third section introduces a possible purgation of the modern world, which contrasts with the lyric prayer of the fourth section. The first section focuses on the movement of time, while the second section explores the unsatisfying worldly experience. The poem, like East Coker, The Dry Salvages, and Little Gidding, is divided into five sections. ‘ Burnt Norton’ has 178 lines and can be found in full, along with the rest of the Quartets, here.
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