Little Gidding

E115041

poem

"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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Little Gidding canonical	5
"Little Gidding" (poem)	1
Little Gidding religious community	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T971160 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Little Gidding
Context triple: [Four Quartets, hasPart, Little Gidding]

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.
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.
C. Asphodel Meadows
Asphodel Meadows is a region of the Greek underworld where the souls of ordinary or unremarkable mortals dwell after death.
D. Crynant
Crynant is a small village and community in the Dulais Valley of Neath Port Talbot, South Wales, historically associated with coal mining.
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.

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.
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.
C. Asphodel Meadows
Asphodel Meadows is a region of the Greek underworld where the souls of ordinary or unremarkable mortals dwell after death.
D. Crynant
Crynant is a small village and community in the Dulais Valley of Neath Port Talbot, South Wales, historically associated with coal mining.
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 ⓘ 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	Second World War ⓘ linked to: World War II The Blitz ⓘ
religiousContext	Anglican Christianity ⓘ linked to: Anglicanism (broadly)
rhymeScheme	irregular ⓘ
seriesCompanionWork	Burnt Norton ⓘ East Coker ⓘ The Dry Salvages ⓘ linked to: Four Quartets
setting	Little Gidding religious community in Huntingdonshire, England ⓘ
structure	divided into five sections ⓘ
subjectMatter	contemplation of death and judgment ⓘ possibility of renewal after catastrophe ⓘ relationship between personal and national history ⓘ
theme	Christian faith ⓘ contemplation and prayer ⓘ history ⓘ redemption ⓘ spiritual renewal ⓘ suffering and purification ⓘ the intersection of time and eternity ⓘ time ⓘ war and destruction ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Four Quartets → hasPart → Little Gidding ⓘ

Burnt Norton → relatedWork → Little Gidding ⓘ

East Coker → relatedWork → Little Gidding ⓘ

Little Gidding, Cambridgeshire, England → associatedWithWork → "Little Gidding" (poem) ⓘ

linked to: Little Gidding

All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well → echoedIn → Little Gidding ⓘ

subject linked to: All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.

Church of St John the Evangelist, Little Gidding → locatedIn → Little Gidding ⓘ

Church of St John the Evangelist, Little Gidding → associatedWith → Little Gidding religious community ⓘ