The speaker of one of the
The speaker of one of these poems commands, "Descend lower, descend only into the world of perpetualsolitude, world not world," and recalls the words of a talking bird in a rose garden. The third of thesepoems asks, "Where is there an end to it, the soundless wailing, the silent withering of autumn flowers?"before acknowledging the possibility of "the life of significant soil." The first of these poems begins,"Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future." These five-section poems, whicheach have an associated classical element, include "The Dry Salvages" and "Burnt Norton." For 10 points,name this late set of complex poems by T. S. Eliot.
The speaker of one of these poems commands, "Descend lower, descend only into the world of perpetualsolitude, world not world," and recalls the words of a talking bird in a rose garden.
the Four Quartets