"Burnt Norton" is a poem written by T.S. Eliot, I am going to be analysing the opening lines. The poem is the first of Eliot's "Four quartets"; first published in 1943. The title of the poem "Burnt Norton", is the name of a Gloucestershire manor house, the children mentioned in the poem are playing in the rose garden at this manor house.

In this poem Eliot explores the relationship of time and the Christian faith. He reached a wide audience as he was communicating the ideas in a more modern and contemporary style through the meditations on time and eternity, mans place through time and both the personal and General aspects of life. The poem contains a great deal of symbolism and imagery, such as, earth, air, fire, water and classical, historical and religious allusions.

Burnt Norton is a country house in the Cotswold Hills of Gloucestershire that...