Burnt Norton
It's about time. How it passes and stays still, and how this is a matter for regret and for dwelling on loss.
East Coker
It's about time. How it passes and how sexual potency lessens with age, and how this is a matter for regret for lost love.
The Dry Salvages
It's about time. How it passes and how this is a blessing and a curse, and how desire is experienced differently in the moment and in the memory, and how this is a matter for regret for lost innocence.
Little Gidding
It's about time. How it passes and you end up in the same place you started, and how this would be a matter for regret to the point of not setting off in the first place if you knew it in advance, which you never will.
Phew thanks Liz. I've always wondered x
ReplyDeleteLiz, you should've been there when I was doing Tom Eliot at A level!
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