《四个四重奏》是艾略特对其一生思想变化发展的回顾。四首诗共同指向面对现代西方社会问题,人如何从宗教中获得救赎及救赎的意义。作者把对宗教的信仰和重建文明、拯救世界免于自杀情感的体验艺术再现,让读者感悟到存在的深刻局限与宇宙最高精神之间的关系。艾略特对基督信仰给予肯定,并带着这种宗教信仰、精神以诗人与基督徒的双重身份探索生命和文明的真谛。这种探索最终让诗人攀上了诗歌艺术的最高峰。 The “Four Quartets” is Eliot’s review of the development of his life’s thinking. The four poems point together in the face of the problems of modern Western society and how people can get redemption and salvation from religion. The author replaces the experiential art of religious belief with the reconstruction of civilization and the rescue of the world from the emotion of suicide and reminds readers of the relationship between the profound limitations of existence and the supreme spirit of the universe. Eliot affirmed the Christian faith and, with this religious belief and spirit, explored the essence of life and civilization in his dual capacity as a poet and a Christian. This exploration finally allowed the poet to climb the peak of poetry art.