The Definition of Love
1.
Function of hope and Fate?
Answer:
The poem’s speaker is an anonymous
lover who contemplates the nature and definition of love. He begins by saying
that his love is both “rare” and “strange” because it was “begotten by Despair
/ Upon Impossibility.” He goes on to claim that only despair could reveal to
him “so divine a thing” as this love, because “Hope” could never come near it.
He imagines that he “quickly might arrive” where this love is leading him, but
finds that his soul’s inclinations are thwarted by Fate, who “drives iron
wedges” between the speaker and the object of his affection.
According to the speaker, the problem is that Fate cannot
allow “Two perfect loves” to come together. Doing so would overthrow Fate’s
power, so Fate has placed the two lovers into physically separate spaces, like
“distant poles” that can never come together. They must remain separate, the
speaker laments, unless “giddy Heaven” falls or the entire world is suddenly
“cramped into a plan sphere.” The speaker then compares the lovers’ connection
to two infinite lines, each of which forms a perfect circle. Because these
lines are parallel, though, they shall never intersect. Therefore, the speaker
concludes, Fate has enviously thwarted the love that binds him to his beloved,
and the only way they can be together is in a union of their minds.
2. Therefore the love
which us doth bird, But fate so enviously deba rrs is the conjunction of the
mind, and opposition of the stars.
Answer:
These lines have
been taken from the poem “The
definition of Love” by Politician, diplomat,
poet and satirist, Marvell. The word ‘conjunction‘ here is so important.
The idea of universal love and the natural essence in human that makes him a
creature capable of loving, binds the lovers together in the love knot but in
the way conjunction binds two sentences. Two things are connected together with
an ‘and’ or ‘or’ which denotes both of them are active separately, and both
them are of similar potentiality, potent to be used according to the demand of
circumstance, respectively. Love is this conjunction that binds two minds
together, and fate produces the consciousness of gap in that conjunction. Fate
is compared with the gap between the stars, that are almost similar in size and
light, and same formally, but yet distant from each other. All of them share
the light (all the lovers share the love), but none can be completely one with
the other (as the love expressed in two individuals cannot make them be
absolutely together, because their love is not the absolute-essential-love: the
timeless idea of Love that does not depend upon the actors).
Easter Wings
1.
What is pattern of poem.
Answer:
“Easter Wings” Officially known as carmen
figuration or pattern/shaped/figural poetry, this type of poem-picture takes
the relationship between form and content to a visual level. Take a look at
these stanzas. Not only does their elegant unfurled wing-shape mimic the title
of the poem; the changing line length also reflects the line-by-line meaning of
each stanza. For further deeds, head down to "Line Length" under
"Symbols, Imagery, Wordplay."
2.
Why the Reference of larks in the poem.
Answer:
The first evident observation is that the poem forms a pair of wings. These
wings could belong to an angel, a lark, an eagle or Satan. The shape could be
the wings of a lark instead of an angel. To illustrate the height Herbert uses
the flight path of a lark because they tend to fly quite high. As a result, the
lark is another potential candidate for what the shape represents. Therefore,
there is a possibility that the narrator would like to rise “as larks” in
relation, with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
3.
How has the idea of falix culpa in portanged in the poem.
Answer:
The idea of felix culpa in portanged in the poem come when The alliteration of
‘the fall further the flight in me' reinforces the paradox of the ‘felix culpa'
or ‘happy fault' which teaches that the fall of humankind actually had a
positive outcome because it resulted in the coming of Christ to bring human
beings into a new relationship with God. Herbert is now applying this hope to
himself.
The Pulley
1.
What does the title signify
Answer:
The key to understanding the poem's title is two-fold: the denotation and
connotation of the word, pulley. A pulley is a mechanical device used for
lifting weights with a downward application of force. The poet places
this contraption then in the hands of God to ascribe certain qualities to man:
loveliness, astuteness, reverence, enjoyment. God pulls each sacred gift from a
glass brimming over until he comes to the last one. Man falls into the trap, in
the process, forgetting his true nature, borne out by these possessions.
Herbert professes that God uses Rest as a pulley to pull Man towards Him, it
was indeed within Man from the beginning. Thus, the title of the poem clearly
highlights the main tune of the poem.
2.
Both lord and human being should loser be. Or
Q.
What does the expression mean ‘So both should losers be’ in the poem “The
Pulley”?
Answer:
By denying man the most precious jewel, "rest," God has not been
unkind to Man but he has only been all the more good to him. It is this denial
of "rest" which acts as the "pulley" which always draws
restless Man to God and also helps God to keep ambitious and wayward Man under
His control. If God had not been kind enough to deny Man "rest"
then Man would not seek God and he would lose eternity and consequently God would
also lose Man to the eternal fires of hell: "So both should losers be.
Paradoxically, God the 'giver' by refusing to give the most precious gift
proves himself to be all the more generous and kind.
3.
What does poet want to convey.
Answer:
The poem "The Pulley," by George Herbert, are the themes of the
Limits to Human Power and Man's Necessary Connection to God.
*Limits
to Human Power: In His creation of man, God uses His force to limit man and
lift him towards Himself, as in the metaphor of a pulley. By limiting man, God
ensures that man will be imperfect and, therefore, strive for perfection, which
is God. In this way man will recognize his limitations and extend his reach as
he grasps for Heaven by grabbing the "pulley."
"But
keep them with repining restlessness;
Let
him be rich and weary, that at least,
If
goodness lead him not, yet weariness
May
toss him to my breast.”
Man's Necessary Connection to God.
As a narration of Creation, Herbert describes the attributes that God bestows
on man. In so doing, God pauses in His distribution of treasures as the
realization strikes Him as he looks at the last "jewel" that man will
adore creation he sees rather than the Creator he can' see,
“Bestow
this jewel also on my creature,
He
would adore my gifts instead of me,"
So,
God retains His precious jewel of restfulness lest man abandon Him and worship
Nature instead. In this way Man will always need God and turn to God in his
desire for heavenly peace.
The Collar
1.
Cardiall fruit -> what I have lose after life
I am losing wine/corn
Answer:
He thinks there is no way the
suffering he is going through now has always been present in his life. There
must've been days before in which one could find "corn" and
"wine." These days would be before his "tears did drown
it". To some extent, he feels as if his own emotional state is making his
already bad situation worse.
2.
Restriction of profession sigh blown age.
Answer;
The second half of the poem begins with the
speaker asking a number of different things of himself. First, he wants to
recover the pleasures of his past and leave behind his “cold dispute / Of what
is fit and not.” He is done wasting time worrying about what is holy, proper,
or good.
3.
Pettie thoughts (can be explain two different)
Answer:
These things will no longer interest him. It is his goal to leave behind his
cage and “rope of sand.” These means of confinement that the speaker
mentions were crafted by religion and by his own hands. They were made by
“petty thoughts” and turned into “Good cable” which was able to “enforce and
draw” and turn into the “law” which he obeyed.
4.
How has poet angushid being pacified or How does poets solice is finally?
Answer:
The final section of this piece concludes the
narrator’s agitated speech and produces a slight twist to the narrative. He
continues speaking to himself and tries to boost his confidence for the change
he is trying to make. The speaker asks that the “death’s-head” leave him alone.
He does not want to be bothered by his fears. It is his intention to “tie” them
up and force them to serve his purpose.
Regeneration
1.
Why couldn't the poet not feel the spring side?
Answer:
As a metaphysical poet of the 17th century,
Vaughan expresses his ideas in an emotional context in
"Regeneration." In stanza one the youth "steals away"
from God in the Spring (his childhood), but Yet was it frost within/And surly
winds/Blasted my infant Buds, and sin/Like clouds eclips'd my mind
The inner winter of
sin continues into the second stanza, but the child now becomes a pilgrim who,
wondering what he has gotten out of life, realizes that he has not kept his
values. In the Biblical allusion to "Jacob's Bed," --Jacob turned
from his brother Esau and saw a ladder to Heaven-- the speaker has a
"vision," too: his spiritual
enlightenment.
In the fifth
stanza, then, the speaker feels "a new Spring" with
"flowers" as his spiritual enlightenment brings life/Spring to his
inner winter.
2.
How does the poem represent various aspect of a Journey?
Answer:As a metaphysical poet of the 17th century, Vaughan
expresses his ideas in an emotional context in "Regeneration."
“Regeneration” is another of these “spiritual life as a journey” poems. The
speaker’s journey starts when he was “a ward and still in bonds”, alluding to
Romans, making a point that he still was religiously immature, living in the
bonds of the Old Testament. He set out on his journey, believing it was a
beautiful spring day. But the primrose path he took surely led to perdition and
spring was really cold. What seemed like an easy walk turned out to be a
difficult climb up the mountain. On the top of the mountain he finds a pair of
scales where he puts all his pains on one of them, and finds that his sins and
vain pleasures still outweigh them. He turns east, where he finds a beautiful
meadow, which some call Jacob’s bed and which symbolizes the Church. He sees
there a pretty grove, he enters it and finds the real spring there. From that
moment on the biblical allusions come mostly from the Song of Solomon. The
grove is really quiet but for the fountain. He approaches it and notices that
the cistern is full of stones, some of them “bright and round”, dancing in the
stream, but others “ill-shaped and dull”, lie heavy in the centre. Similarly,
in the nearby bank of flowers, some of them are fast asleep and other wide
open. The metaphor describes the difference between “the elect” and “the
reprobate”, those who are going to be saved and those who aren’t, according to
the Calvinist theology. Then the speakers hears the wind, but can’t identify
where it comes from and where it blows, and the wind whispers to him it blows
where it pleases (referring to John 3:8) and indicating it is the Holy Spirit.
The speaker implores the wind to blow on him and “let me die before my death”,
which I guess means he’d rather die physically if it means he could avoid thus
sin and spiritual death. The poem ends with a verbatim quotation of the line from
the Song of Solomon where the speaker asks the South wind to blow on his garden
and make its smells spread.
4.
Does skill jocobs bed siginify?
Answer:As a metaphysical poet of the 17th century, Vaughan
expresses his ideas in an emotional context in "Regeneration."
“Regeneration” is another of these “spiritual life as a journey” poems. The
speaker’s journey starts when he was On the top of the mountain he finds
a pair of scales where he puts all his pains on one of them, and finds that his
sins and vain pleasures still outweigh them. He turns east, where he finds a
beautiful meadow, which some call Jacob’s bed and which symbolizes the Church.
He sees there a pretty grove, he enters it and finds the real spring there.
From that moment on the biblical allusions come mostly from the Song of
Solomon.
5.
How did the senses response with the process of eternal progression?
Answer:
He set out on his journey, believing it was a
beautiful spring day. But the primrose path he took surely led to perdition and
spring was really cold. What seemed like an easy walk turned out to be a
difficult climb up the mountain. On the top of the mountain he finds a pair of
scales where he puts all his pains on one of them, and finds that his sins and
vain pleasures still outweigh them. He turns east, where he finds a beautiful
meadow, which some call Jacob’s bed and which symbolizes the Church. He sees
there a pretty grove, he enters it and finds the real spring there. From that
moment on the biblical allusions come mostly from the Song of Solomon. The
grove is really quiet but for the fountain. He approaches it and notices that
the cistern is full of stones, some of them “bright and round”, dancing in the
stream, but others “ill-shaped and dull”, lie heavy in the centre. Similarly,
in the nearby bank of flowers, some of them are fast asleep and other wide
open. The metaphor describes the difference between “the elect” and “the
reprobate”, those who are going to be saved and those who aren’t, according to
the Calvinist theology. Then the speakers hears the wind, but can’t identify
where it comes from and where it blows, and the wind whispers to him it blows
where it pleases (referring to John 3:8) and indicating it is the Holy Spirit.
The speaker implores the wind to blow on him and “let me die before my death”,
which I guess means he’d rather die physically if it means he could avoid thus
sin and spiritual death. The poem ends with a verbatim quotation of the line
from the Song of Solomon where the speaker asks the South wind to blow on his
garden and make its smells spread.
3.
Explain the reason of portraying epifaming moments in this poem.
Explanation
The Pulley
1.
If goodness lead him not yet weariness, may toss him to my breast.
These lines have been taken from the poem “The Pulley” by
George Herbert’. Human’s
life will be one of “repining restlessness” and “weariness.” Yet this will
prove to be a way to God. Only in the last lines of the poem does Herbert
provide enough information to understand why the poem is entitled “The Pulley”:
Human existence involves reciprocal forces pulling or pushing against one
another, but the pull to earth will be more than balanced by the pull to
heaven, and as is typical in Herbert it is not one’s strength but fully
acknowledged weakness, compensated for by divine strength, that sends one to
God’s “breast.”
Regeneration
1.
Lord, then said I, on me one breath, and let me dye before my death!
Answer:
These lines have been taken from the poem “Regeneration” by George Herbert’. The speakers hears the wind, but
can’t identify where it comes from and where it blows, and the wind whispers to
him it blows where it pleases (referring to John 3:8) and indicating it is the
Holy Spirit. The speaker implores the wind to blow on him and “let me die
before my death”, which I guess means he’d rather die physically if it means he
could avoid thus sin and spiritual death. The poem ends with a verbatim
quotation of the line from the Song of Solomon where the speaker asks the South
wind to blow on his garden and make its smells spread.
The Retreat
1.
But (ah!) my soul with too much stay is drunk and stagger in the way.
Answer: These
lines have been taken from the poem “The Retreat ” by Henry Vaughan. The speaker mourns for what he
will never have again. He has become “drunk” with his own longings and
remembrances. The speaker knows it is not a healthy way to live as he will
“stagger” about his life without purpose. This fact does not keep him from
changing his opinion. He knows he is unlike other men; he loves the “backward
steps” rather than the “forward motion.”
