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Herbert: Poems

Herbert: Poems

Herbert, George

Hardcover

Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets

Poetry CriticismGeneral Poetry

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ISBN10: 1400043298
ISBN13: 9781400043293
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Published: Nov 2 2004
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.77 Width: 4.40 Depth: 6.30
Language: English
George Herbert (1593-1633) has come to be one of the most admired of the metaphysical poets. Though he is a profoundly religious poet, even secular readers respond to his quiet intensity and exuberant inventiveness, which are amply showcased in this selection.

Herbert experimented brilliantly with a remarkable variety of forms, from hymns and sonnets to pattern poems, the shapes of which reveal their subjects. Such technical agility never seems ostentatious, however, for precision of language and expression of genuine feeling were the primary concerns of this poet, who admonished his readers to dare to be true. An Anglican priest who took his calling with deep seriousness, he brought to his work a religious reverence richly allied with a playful wit and with literary and musical gifts of the highest order. His best-loved poems, from The Collar and Jordan to The Altar and Easter Wings, achieve a perfection of form and feeling, a rare luminosity, and a timeless metaphysical grandeur.

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