Critical Appreciation of Journey of the Magi
Critical Appreciation Of Journey Of the Magi Journey of the Magi is one of the Ariel poems of T.S Eliot. All the poems of this group embody different aspect of the experience of the rebirth, of the discovery of a new focus of existence. 'The meaning of the new birth is obscure, full of doubt, accompanied by pain, not joy and perplexing in the extreme." This is particularly true of the poem Journey of the Magi. The poem opens with the account of the journey of the magi to Bethlehem where they would pay their respect to the newborn baby, Christ. The journey was full of hardship and hazards. They experienced difficulties which are narrated here by one of the Magi. The journey stands for a quest for the spiritual land- the death of the old and the birth of the new age. The difficulties are symbolic of the hurdles that lie ...