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Narratorappears in Burnt Norton

This character observes the world through a meditation on the element of air.

Narratorappears in East Coker

This character is preoccupied with the relationship of earth, in the sense of the traditional elements, to the world as a whole.

Narratorappears in The Dry Salvages

This character meditates upon water from the location of a lighthouse.

Narratorappears in Little Gidding

This character is preoccupied with the notion of fire, both earthly and spiritual.

Birdappears in Burnt Norton

This character urges a poem's narrator to enter into a garden.

Childrenappears in Burnt Norton

These characters cause the poem's narrator to search for them in a rose garden.

Man and womanappears in East Coker

These characters are representative of the celebration of marriage.

Surgeonappears in East Coker

This character must hurt in order to heal.

Riverappears in The Dry Salvages

This character is a god often forgotten...

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