George Herbert
George Herbert is one of the famous poet who belongs to the school of Metaphysics. He was a friend of John Donne. Herbert was born in 1593. He was
appointed as a public orator but his ambition is to become a courtier. Later in
his carrier his friends persuaded him to become a catholic priest.
It was against his will and it caused much tension and trauma in
Herbert. These are reflected in his poems. He was a very dedicated and human
representative in his church. The church found a voice of its own speciality in
the first volume of poetry such as “The Temple, Scared poems, The Pulley,
Affliction” etc.
The main theme of his poetry is “the struggle between the ordinary lay
life and life surrendered to God “. George Herbert was influenced by John Donne,
but he was not restricted by Donne’s style and he developed his own style. His
poems are quite musical too. He often
uses Christian imagery rather unexpected manner. In this way his poems are semi
auto biological and explain the nature of God’s love as he discovers through
his own experience.
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