![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Eliot wrote the poem quickly and sent the first draft off on 1 January 1941 to John Hayward. ![]() However, he was able to find time to work on the third poem that would become part of the Four Quartets: Eliot envisioned that Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages, and a fourth, yet uncreated poem would be united in a set. During the time, he moved around often and spent his time writing mostly lectures or tiny poems. Within the poem, Eliot invokes the image of Krishna to emphasise the need to follow the divine will, instead of seeking personal gain.Įliot began working on The Dry Salvages during World War II, at a time when London was experiencing air-raids near the end of 1940. Life is described metaphorically as travelling in a boat and humanity's fixation on science and future gain keeping the travellers from reaching their destination. The poem discusses the nature of time and what humanity's place is within time. The title comes from the name of a marine rock formation off the coast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, where he spent time at as a child. It was written and published in 1941 during the air-raids on Great Britain, an event that threatened him while giving lectures in the area. Eliot's Four Quartets, marking the beginning of the point when the series was consciously being shaped as a set of four poems. ![]()
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