Eliot's Invocations.

The article discusses the commentaries for poetical lines in "Burnt Norton" which draw attention to the paradoxical quality of the passages. It explores the important contributions of the authors that contribute to the lines of the poem with covert influence and hidden persuasiveness. However, the i...

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Published in:	Cambridge Quarterly Vol. XXVIII; no. 4; pp. 277 - 293
Main Author:	Costigan, Edward
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA 1999
Subjects:	Four Quartets (Poem : Eliot). Burnt Norton Poetry (Literary form) Author-reader relationships Persuasion (Rhetoric) in literature Graphical projection
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Summary:	The article discusses the commentaries for poetical lines in "Burnt Norton" which draw attention to the paradoxical quality of the passages. It explores the important contributions of the authors that contribute to the lines of the poem with covert influence and hidden persuasiveness. However, the imaginative projection is shared in seclusion between the writer and the reader and the context are compelling to the speaker and listener.