"Virtue" By George Herbert
About The Author:
George Herbert was a Welsh - born poet. Orator and Anglican priest. Herbert's poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poet, and he is recognized as one of the foremost British devotional lyricists. And he was not only a poet in the 17th Century but also an Anglican priest. His Christianity has molded his poetry into words of religion.

Background of the poem:
Virtue emphasizes the spiritual truth that this world and life itself is beautiful. Virtue is one of the poems in a collection of verse called The Temple (1633), which George Herbert wrote during the last three years of his life. Virtue is delicately express conflict between rebellion and obedience.
Main Theme of the poem:
The beauty of the world And Herbert used to be the subject of the day, the rose and the spring The poem is mainly developed with the theme of the world and all the living and nonliving things being mortal. Expressing that The theme consists of three metaphor images; a day, a rose, and spring
1) Day: Its attraction (cool, calm, bright, marriage of earth and sky); image that illustrates death (dew will cry)
2) Rose: Its attraction (bearing the physical marks of anger and brave, finally dressed, color efforts the viewer; Image that illustrate death (root is in its give)
3) Spring: Its attraction made of "sweet days" and "rose" and its image that illustrate death (music has its endings)
Virtue is thus an instruction not only in how we look at life but also in faith itself. And the seasoned wood may have been cured of its native and youthful devotion. The style of virtue is that start off describing a sweet days and at the end of the stanza it says it must die the last line the timber is protected by the inside that it is alive. And "Virtue" is also reflects author's inner delight at the loveliness of nature as well as his meditation in response to nature. And the poem is also trying to tell us.
About The Author:
George Herbert was a Welsh - born poet. Orator and Anglican priest. Herbert's poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poet, and he is recognized as one of the foremost British devotional lyricists. And he was not only a poet in the 17th Century but also an Anglican priest. His Christianity has molded his poetry into words of religion.

Background of the poem:
Virtue emphasizes the spiritual truth that this world and life itself is beautiful. Virtue is one of the poems in a collection of verse called The Temple (1633), which George Herbert wrote during the last three years of his life. Virtue is delicately express conflict between rebellion and obedience.
Main Theme of the poem:
The beauty of the world And Herbert used to be the subject of the day, the rose and the spring The poem is mainly developed with the theme of the world and all the living and nonliving things being mortal. Expressing that The theme consists of three metaphor images; a day, a rose, and spring
1) Day: Its attraction (cool, calm, bright, marriage of earth and sky); image that illustrates death (dew will cry)
2) Rose: Its attraction (bearing the physical marks of anger and brave, finally dressed, color efforts the viewer; Image that illustrate death (root is in its give)
3) Spring: Its attraction made of "sweet days" and "rose" and its image that illustrate death (music has its endings)
Virtue is thus an instruction not only in how we look at life but also in faith itself. And the seasoned wood may have been cured of its native and youthful devotion. The style of virtue is that start off describing a sweet days and at the end of the stanza it says it must die the last line the timber is protected by the inside that it is alive. And "Virtue" is also reflects author's inner delight at the loveliness of nature as well as his meditation in response to nature. And the poem is also trying to tell us.
No comments:
Post a Comment