Burnt Norton

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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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Burnt Norton canonical 6
Burnt Norton (poem) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lyric poem ⓘ
meditative poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author T. S. Eliot ⓘ
containsConcept attentiveness to the present ⓘ
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 ⓘ
cyclePosition first quartet in Four Quartets ⓘ
firstPublication 1936 ⓘ
firstPublicationMedium Collected Poems 1909–1935 ⓘ
linked to: Collected Poems
form sequence of five sections ⓘ
genre modernist poetry ⓘ
hasSection Section I ⓘ
Section II ⓘ
Section III ⓘ
Section IV ⓘ
Section V ⓘ
influencedBy Christian theology ⓘ
Heraclitus ⓘ
St. John of the Cross ⓘ
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz

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 ⓘ
Little Gidding ⓘ
The Dry Salvages ⓘ
linked to: Four Quartets
setting an English country house garden ⓘ
structure five numbered movements ⓘ
style free verse with lyrical passages ⓘ
theme Christian spirituality ⓘ
eternity ⓘ
human consciousness ⓘ
memory ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
spiritual insight ⓘ
the nature of reality ⓘ
the present moment ⓘ
time ⓘ
titleOrigin Burnt Norton manor in Gloucestershire, England ⓘ

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Four Quartets → hasPart → Burnt Norton ⓘ
East Coker → relatedWork → Burnt Norton ⓘ
Little Gidding → seriesCompanionWork → Burnt Norton ⓘ
Burnt Norton, Gloucestershire, England → inspiredWork → Burnt Norton (poem) ⓘ
linked to: Burnt Norton
Burnt Norton, Gloucestershire, England → appearsIn → Burnt Norton (poem) ⓘ
linked to: Burnt Norton
The still point of the turning world → appearsInSection → Burnt Norton ⓘ
Time present and time past → isPartOf → Burnt Norton ⓘ