Briefly comment on the structure/style of the poem. The poem is unique because of its stanzaic arrangements. There are twenty lines, divided into four stanzas of five lines each. A prominent feature of the structure/style is the deliberate use of end rhyming pattern is Ababa for stanza one. This pattern is maintained in the subsequent …
Account for the significance of the poetic techniques/devices used in the poem. The poem has several poetic devices ranging from allusion, alliteration, use of metaphor to repetition. These poetic devices generally create a positive impact in the language. The poem alludes to the creation story in the bible when god created everything and man in …
Examine the theme of the poem, pulley, pointing out how this is relevant to the message being portrayed. First and foremost, the word pulley is a wheel through which a rope passes to draw or lift something. In this poem, God has used himself as a representative of this pulley. He is creator of everything. …
POETIC ANALYSIS George Herbert’s poem is very philosophical and metaphoric. First, the title- “Pulley” derives from a wheel around which a rope passes for the purpose of lifting things. God, in this poem is the metaphor of “pulley” who lifts his creatures to himself. God created everything, including man. Having created man in his image …