Four Quartets' Little Gidding

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Little Gidding is the fourth poem in T.S.

Eliot's Four Quartets, a series of poems exploring themes of time, memory, and spiritual redemption.

Little Gidding, a small village in Cambridgeshire, England, serves as a focal point for contemplating historical and personal events.

The poem explores the intersection of the past, present, and future, and the possibility of finding meaning in the midst of destruction.

It reflects on the fire bombings of London during World War II and the search for spiritual renewal.

Little Gidding is celebrated for its lyrical beauty and its profound meditation on the human condition.

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