Four Quartets | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Burnt Nortonappears in Burnt Norton - This location was a country house belonging to the son of the Earl of Harrowby.

Rose Gardenappears in Burnt Norton - This is a beautiful location through which the poem's narrator meditates upon time, particularly the past and the possibilities it once had.

Timeappears in Burnt Norton - This object is a frequent subject of meditation in The Four Quartets; only through itself can it be conquered.

Gloomy Hillsappears in Burnt Norton - These objects are to be found in London, Hampstead, Clerkenwell, Campden, Putney, Highgate, Primrose...
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