# Talk:Little Gidding (poem)

The current version refers to the Anglican community being "scattered during the English Civil War". 
This (while frequently reported over many years) does not seem to be true.
During a period of local unrest in the Civil Wars, John Ferrar and some of his family went to Holland, but they had returned by 1646. There have been successive allegations of ransacking of the church and the estate during this period. Latest research shows that this did not happen.
See the article entitled "Alleged Ransacking - an update" 
Ned de Rotelande 15:25, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

There are government records of the Puritans scattering the community, and multiple high quality historical references document this. Even Eliot in his writing discusses it. Ottava Rima (talk) 15:34, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

is this an actual literary genre? If so, could we have a link? 142.163.195.22 (talk) 01:51, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

I know the poem intimately, by heart. I see nothing suggesting the 1940 Battle of Britain, nor any rhyme (let alone Dantean terza rima) in the blank-verse dialogue with the ghost. What is the basis for these statements? Dodiad (talk) 21:44, 24 December 2024 (UTC)