 After months of not working on the poem , Eliot began to feel compelled to finish it ; it was not until August 1942 , however , that he started working on it again . In total , there were five drafts . The poem was finished by 19 September 1942 and published in the October New English Weekly . Little Gidding was intended to conclude the Four Quartets series , summarising Eliot 's views expressed in this series of poems . 
 After months of not working on <a href='None' title='1'><mark>the</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>poem</mark></a> , Eliot began to feel compelled to finish it ; it <a href='negative_concord' title='3'><mark>was</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='4'><mark>not</mark></a>until August 1942 , however , that he started working on it again . In total , <a href='dey_it' title='5'><mark>there</mark></a> <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>were</mark></a> five drafts . The poem was finished by 19 September 1942 and published in the October New English Weekly . Little Gidding was intended to conclude the Four Quartets series , summarising Eliot <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>views expressed in this series of poems . 
After months of not working on no poem , Eliot began to feel compelled to finish it ; it ain't until August 1942 , however , that he started working on it again . In total , it was five drafts . da poem was finished by 19 September 1942 and published in the October New English Weekly . Little Gidding was intended to conclude the 4 Quartets series , summarising Eliot  views expressed in dis series of poems .