T.S. Eliot “Journey of the Magi”

This poem is about the birth of Christ. The last stanza discuss a Birth and a Death. The Birth is Jesus being born and the death is the Magi no longer believing in pagan gods. The speaker was not at ease in his Kingdom because he realizes that Christ is real. I think personal religious beliefs have a lot to do with how one perceives the meaning of this poem. People with different religious beliefs feel differently about Jesus. When I was reading the questions following the poem it states that the narrator is neither Christian nor Jewish. I think he is contemplating his religious beliefs due to what he witnessed.