The Search (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George Herbert
- First Published: 1633
- Type of Work: Meditation
- Genres: Poetry, Meditation
- Subjects: Religion, God, Spiritual life or spirituality, Christianity, Religious life
The Poem
“The Search” is a personal meditation in which the author wonders why God appears to have forsaken him. The poem is structured into fifteen four-line stanzas. The rhythm of the poem is terse and staccato because each stanza’s first and third lines consist of eight syllables, set off by four-syllable second and fourth lines. The first and third lines rhyme with each other, as do the second and fourth. Each stanza comes to a full stop. This structure lends a tone of driving restlessness, consonant with the searching theme.
The poem is written in the first...
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