east poem east second poem started way writing poetry modelled finished early printed easter edition new english weekly title refers small community directly connected ancestry home church later house ashes poem discusses time disorder nature result humanity following science divine leaders described unable understand reality way mankind find salvation pursuing divine looking realizing humanity people understand universe background thought unable continue writing poetry attempt started copying aspects substituted place east place visited ashes later kept place held particular importance family ancestor left town travel america plaque dedicated ashes reads beginning end kindness pray soul poet end beginning managed complete sections february finished rest month helped review edit east published march new english weekly easter edition later reprinted june published september completion poem began creating series poems based theme series east second poem east described poem late summer earth faith poems sections holds theme common poems time experience prayer time theme stated section beginning end given proper attention prove lead eternal moment second section discusses disorder nature opposite discussion order nature found second section rational knowledge described inadequate explaining reality pursue reason science ignorant progress progress continue repeat errors past section discusses rulers secular society flaws fourth formal section series baroque context good friday mass past manner regarded ironically poet fifth section looks period experimentation years largely wasted approaching old age new opportunity find renewal lost found lost despite poem doubt darkness note hope struck line fifth section middle way refers line midway life journey went descent going light themes east gives message hope english communities survive world war letter dated february stated little hope contributing immediate social change disposed hope modest local beginnings transforming world alive aspirations remain valid longest period universal degradation poem relied war way connect idea united humanity particular claimed war modified attitude convincing western cause positively defended war germany brought western tradition poem served sort opposite popular idea waste land served expression world war accepted interpretation world war direct mention writings world war affect poem especially disruption caused war reflected poem disruption nature heaven poem describes society ways similar waste land especially emphasis death dying place connected family originates place family symbolically end second poem nature experiencing disorder suggested humans burn reason knowledge science save people errors past reasons war conflict need humble order escape destruction darkness rulers world society adam fall resulting concept original sin christ need seek redemption overcome human states involved fighting humanity trying help mankind learn important christ man able twist expectation poem suggests old men explore warns people trade wisdom pointless experience argues men explore human experience concept hinted waste land draws ideas argues old men supposed return god describes process way similar travels unlike homer hero argues men travel material world spiritual world forth similar view focus internal travels travels mankind able faith salvation able world darkness explains poem time realize realization mankind able understand truth universe turn allow humanity break free burden time explains end reality superior birth death reality rhythms physical nature know god enjoy forever family family history plays important role poem found information family sketch family described family lived years left disrupted family history similarly broke family travelled away family family saw declining poem emphasizes need journey need inward change source according poetic aspects poem grounded tradition early work additionally images connected poetry terms theology orthodox theory relies primarily writings additional influences works cross applying views society heavily influenced writings reliance understanding god step better society literary sources draws personal feelings experience especially great stress felt composing poem similarly image pilgrims coming america stories common childhood particular mother wrote poems pilgrims arriving new_england found information related family history book called sketch family location east ancestor left joining pilgrimage reception east sold copies initial publication response claim popularity proved bad poem regardless statement enjoyed fact poem inspire people war friend liked poem read poem students love letter god early reviews focused discussing poem terms content style spring winter discussed poems sources passages spring stated better poem east burnt poem suggestion east poem argument explanation american critic appreciate tone east especially expressed fifth section
East Coker (poem)