This poem asserts that "a people without history is not redeemed from time," because "history is a pattern of timeless moments.
One of this poem's speakers wonders "if I think of a king at nightfall, of three men, and more...why should we celebrate these dead men more than the dying?" A stanza of this poem compares love to the shirt of Nessus. The speakers of this poem state "we shall not cease from exploration / and the end of all our exploring / will be to arrive where we started / and know the place for the first time." This poem asserts that "a people without history is not redeemed from time," because "history is a pattern of timeless moments." This poem references the spirit of Arnaut Daniel by describing "the pyre of pyre." Its section on the Battle of Britain is written in terza rima. The fifth and final part of this poem imagines "tongues of flame" folded into the "crowned knot of fire," so that the "fire and rose are one." This poem, which is named after an Anglican monastery, appears after "The Dry Salvages" [SWAY-juz] in a series that first appeared in 1944. For 10 points, name this last of Eliot's Four Quartets.
One of this poem's speakers wonders "if I think of a king at nightfall, of three men, and more...why should we celebrate these dead men more than the dying?"
"Little Gidding" [prompt on "(The) Four Quartets" before "Four Quartets"]