Presiding Officer Training module 2024 lok sabha elections
George Herbert ppt
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Govt. BM College, Barishal
Prepared by :
Shayla Akter
Assistant Professor (English)
Class for the students of -
Honours 3rd Year
Topic: George Herbert
(Easter Wings)
Course: 16th & 17th Century
Poetry
2. George Herbert :The Poet
Life & Works:
Born: 1593 , Montgomery, Wales
Died: 1633, Bremerton, England
Major Works:
Memoriae Matris Sacrum
A Priest to the Temple
Rule of Holy Life
The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculation
Known for writing devotional verse
Avoided secular love lyrics in favor of sincere holy worship
The last one is a profound exploration of humanity’s
relationship with God.
3. Life & Works:
Attended the Westminister School in London
Excellent in Greek and Latin
Nomination to Trinity College at Cambridge University
In 1610 declared to be a poet dedicated to God
Letter to mother included two poems,” My God, where is
that ancient heat toward thee”, “Sure, Lord, there is
enough in thee to dry”
In 1616, elected a fellow of trinity college
• At Cambridge held position of a lecturer in rhetoric and
deputy orator.
* Courtier at the court of James I (1620-1625)
* Member of parliament, Montgomery, Wales (1624-1625)
* Canon of Lincoln cathedral in 1626
* First work published in 1627 (Latin) on mother’s death
* Died of tuberculosis on March 1, 1633
4. Experiments with works
Experiment with form and meter
Variety of religious experiences through poetic forms
Follower of John Donne, pioneer of metaphysical
movement.
Metaphors from everyday experience
Two ending lines resolved the argument
Less emphasis on conceits and striking imagery
Herbert’s influence includes :
S.T. Coleridge
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emily Dickinson
G. M. Hopkins
T. S. Eliot
W. H. Auden
6. Figure Poems / Shape Poems / Pattern
Poem
“The Alter” and “Easter Wings”
Printed in a shape that reflects the subject of the poem
Easter Wings was printed on two pages of a book,
sideways, so that the lines suggests two birds flying
upwards with wings spread out
The poem tells of desire to fly with Christ
The poet is the speaker and the audience is “Jesus Christ,
the Christian savior”
The lines large in size decay eventually
Then the emotion picks up in the first stanza
The second stanza completes the second wing taking a
flight as larks
Second stanza is full of imagery
7. Major conflict in “Easter Wings”
Both the speaker and humanity have been punished with a
fall from grace for their sin
The poet seeks to redeem both himself and others by
asking God’s assistance
Allusions:
“Easter wings” the title symbolizes spiritual development
It’s an allusion to Malachi 4:2 “But unto you that fear my
name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in
his wings and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of
the stall”
“Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store” - this is an
allusion to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
“And feel thy victorie” – Corinthians 15 also uses victorie
to refer to Christ’s resurrection
Angel’s wings are described at several points in the Bible
Both stanzas mirror life of Christ – the Crucifixion and the
Resurrection
8. The printed wings of this poem becomes narrow and fuller
again.
The stanzas narrow at the point in the center where the
individual is farthest from God’s grace.
In stanza 1, it occurs in the following lines: Most poore /
With thee.
In the second stanza it occurs in the following lines: Most
thinne / With thee.
In the fullest lines we humans come to God in affliction
and pain.
Humans brought this pain on them by sin.
When the speaker is able to reconnect with God, his
experience of the fall will make his eventual ascension
more ecstatic.