George Herbert

George Herbert Questions and Answers

Explain "Death," a poem by George Herbert.

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Please explain "Man," a poem by George Herbert.

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Please explain "Jordan (I)," a poem by George Herbert.

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Compare and contrast the themes of Herbert's religious poems "Easter Wings" and "The Collar."

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Please explain "Discipline," a poem by George Herbert.

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Please explain "The Agonie" by George Herbert.

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Please explain "Aaron," a poem by George Herbert.

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Please explain "Denial," a poem by George Herbert.

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Please explain "The Pearl," a poem by George Herbert.

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Please explain "Life," a poem by George Herbert. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/181057

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Please explain "Vanitie," a poem by George Herbert.

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Discuss George Herbert as a metaphysical religious poet.

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What are some similarities and differences in the ways John Donne and George Herbert treat religious experience in their poems?

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What is the theme of "The Forerunners," a poem by George Herbert?

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Please explain "The Temper," a poem by George Herbert.

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Please explain "A Dialogue," a poem by George Herbert.

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George Herbert  Love III . love bade me welcome ..........please explain and paraphrase this poem ?

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Please explain this stanza from George Herbert's "Death" in close detail: "We lookt on this side of thee, shooting short; / Where we did finde / The shells of fledge souls left behinde, / Dry dust, which sheds no tears, but may extort."

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Help me paraphase the poem "Redemption" by George Herbert.

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How would George Herbert's "The Flower," compare with Henry Vaughn's, "Unprofitableness"?

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Please explain "Prayer," the poem by George Herbert.

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What is the relationship between erotic and religious forms of desire in Renaissance Literature? Please use George Herbert's "The Flower" and "The Affliction (I)", as well as Shakespeare's sonnet 20 and sonnet 135 to illustrate.

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Please explain "Mortification," a poem by George Herbert.

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I would like to know which poems of Baroque poets Herbert and Gryphius are the easiest to compare in terms of the imagery they use?

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Are the poems of George Herbert on Affliction controversial?

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Are George Herbert's poems religious?

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