Find quotes from this poem, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Humility Quotes
Descend lower, descend onlyInto the world of perpetual solitude,World not world, but that which is not world,Internal darkness, deprivation. (117-120)
Man and the Natural World Quotes
Other echoesInhabit the garden. Shall we follow?Quick, said the bird, find them, find them,Round the corner. (19-22)
Memory and the Past Quotes
So here I am, in the middle way, having had twenty years—Twenty years largely wasted, the years of l'entre deux guerres— (332-333)
Time Quotes
Time present and time pastAre both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. (1-3)
Life, Consciousness, and Existence Quotes
Go, go, go said the bird: human kindCannot bear very much reality. (44-45)