Thread: Literary Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot
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Old 01-11-2015, 02:14 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by BelleZora View Post
I found the Four Quartets available on line here: http://www.coldbacon.com/poems/fq.html

After reading Burnt Norton, I found this excellent reading by Tom O'Bedlam on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvXznmKHTnc

The words are displayed as they are read. Listening opened up depth and meaning to me that I missed the first time around.

Then I found this commentary. After reading all of these excerpts from books about Eliot, I'll reread the poem. I need all the help I can get, but I really started loving Burnt Norton by the second reading. I guess I like decoration and the language used.
Thanks for that link. I may read these poems after all. The problem I have with poetry is like any literature it can be good or bad. I just give no extra credit for the cleverness of writing it in meter or rhyme.
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