Published 1927 The Magi are also known in Christian tradition as the 'Three Wise Men' or 'The Three Kings'.

It is the imagery, the atmosphere and the fact that it can mean something different to every reader that lends itself to a personal response This can be a submissive attitude to events, resulting from a fatalistic attitude Has a dreamlike quality but Eliot has manipulated the form to create the antithesis of ecstacy Follows an irregular rhyme scheme and has a quality of improvisation Therefore, Eliot's poem can be seen to be irregular, drab, ironic and utilising the tone of fatalism No matter what you do the outcome will be the same Recounts a simple journey with an inevitable ending. State of ecstacy Fatalism - The belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable. In ancient Greece this was an epic poem, or part of a poem, of a suitable length for recitation at one time and inconsistent allowing improvisation. Rhapsody - An effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling. Published 1911 Vagabond - A person who wanders from place to place without a home or job, having no settled home and consistency in their lives.

Selected Poems by T.S. Eliot