Affliction (IV) (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George Herbert
- First Published: 1633
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Meditation
- Subjects: Suffering, Religion, God, Spiritual life or spirituality, Pain, Christianity, Death or dying, Faith, Jesus Christ, Renaissance, Religious life, Prayers
The Poem
George Herbert includes five poems entitled “Affliction” in the first half of his collection of lyrics. Perhaps this is one way of emphasizing how difficult and yet important it is to understand the experience of affliction fully. These poems form a loosely linked sequence, and together they dramatize a variety of responses to suffering and propose several ways of connecting human with divine grief. “Affliction” (I) is perhaps the most well-known and successful of these poems, particularly because it seems to be deeply autobiographical, dramatizing what many...
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