Journey of the magi

The second stanza also makes reference to three trees. The poem was comprised of three stanzas, about three magi, who in the second stanza encounter three men playing dice (6 hands). He is a man who, despite material wealth and prestige, has lost his spiritual bearings. I should be glad of another death” The Magi have returned to their old estates, the "summer palaces" of the first stanza that they have come to regret, but are "no longer at ease. However, I could not figure out what the purpose was, and what effect that has on translating the poem. "(idol worship) Finally, he says that there was nothing left to do but wait for his physical death.

Form/Style

On the introduction to T.

Themes

Spiritual growth: The Magi are transformed by the revelation at the end of their journey, and in the end live on uncomfortably as men of new faith among people of the old. Eliot’s poem in that most people believe converting to monotheism is a kind of spiritual awakening, and that a poem about three men who achieve this would be reborn in a sense. So even though there is no imagery in the final stanza, it is through Eliot’s use of imagery in the first two stanzas that we are able to feel deceived when the climax of the poem fills us with a sense of ironic depression of the spirit, rather than a rejuvenation. However, rather than making the poem sound as if this was their journey to being reborn, Eliot shows them making this rough journey to see Christ, and instead of coming back with new life, they come back feeling dead on the inside. This gave me the feeling of being one on one with the magus in a very personal setting. The magus is an elderly man, someone who is world weary, reflective, and sad.