Question

The speaker of this poem states “You are not the same people who left that station” in a section that repeatedly advises, “fare forward.” This poem’s final section begins with a list of actions that make up “features of the press” such as “to explore the womb, or tomb, or dreams” and “to communicate with Mars.” (-5[1])The idea that “the future is a faded song” is contemplated by this poem’s speaker who “sometimes wonder[s] if that is what (*) Krishna meant.” This poem ends with the speaker wondering “if our temporal reversion” will nourish “the life of significant soil.” This poem, titled for a rock formation off the coast of Cape Ann, (10[1])Massachusetts, (-5[1])opens with the speaker stating,“I do not know much (10[1])about gods; but I think that the river is a strong brown god.” For 10 points, name this third poem of the Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot which appears between “East Coker” and “Little Gidding.” (10[1])■END■ (0[3])

ANSWER: “The Dry Salvages
<Literature - American Literature - Poetry>
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