I am enrolled in some wonderful courses this last and final semester at MSU, but all I ever want to do is read T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets over and over again! I always have it with me or at least in my car. I should be reading To the Lighthouse, Le Gone du Chaaba, Harold Bloom, Histoire de France, or D'accord...but no- all I want to do is read Eliot, I want to take the time to memorize the entire four Quartets...even though I have not even memorized my section! This is hard for me to say about a man, but I think I may be falling in love. I really enjoy Eliot and all he has wrapped up in the quartets. How do I let him go, at least long enough to get my other reading done?!
I actually shuddered when this next thought crossed my mind because I never thought I'd feel this way, but I may just have to place Eliot ( doing so with grace and a smile) on the shelf in my mind next to Keats whom I truly do look to and think about often.
So perhaps, I will get onto some other work so I can read Eliot as I am relaxing with some wine tonight...
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Hi Lisa, glad you're enjoying the quartets! I've been reading and re-reading them for the last four years and am now working on memorizing them (I'm up to the 2nd section of the Dry Salvages). It is very rewarding and I recommend it if you ever find the time to do so.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Joshua