Just like in many verses of the bible, I found myself pondering about how the words and the shape of the poems connection and what it all meant. Like most people, I find it difficult to understand many parts of the bible and George Herbert’s “The Altar” and “Easter Wings” made it no easier for me. Don’t get me wrong, I am no expert on Christianity, but I have a clear understanding of the basic principles of my religion.
I want to be 100% sure of their meanings before I come to a decision.Īs a Christian, religious poems that talk about my personal beliefs immediately intrigue me. In all honesty, my understanding of both poems is kind of a blur. I feel like this illustrates the Christian society very well as well. Later in the poem in lines 14-16 I think the speaker is showing the praise towards Christ’s sacrifice and showing how blessed they feel. Line 2 give me an image of Christ himself on the cross and I feel like this is what Herbert is aiming to do.
In “The Altar”, I feel as if Herbert is trying to depict the crucifixion of christ. I feel this shows the basic gist of christianity because it talks about the creation of man, their sin and trying to better yourself after. When doing this, it seems like it switches to the sinners point of view and he goes on from they’re showing how sins push someone to be better because they repent. He also discusses ones sins and punishments. He created men “in wealth and store,” or in other words, some were poor and some wealthy but he did not care about such things.
Of course someone with prior knowledge of the Bible will get certain references in the poem or would understand them way better than myself.įrom my understanding, the poem “Easter Wings” by George Herbert is about how god created all men without judgement. “Easter Wings” forms the shape of wings when it is turned sideways, and “The Altar” is a C ,which im assuming stands for christianity? For me, it’s somewhat difficult to understand the meaning of both poems due to the fact that I’m not very religious. Both poems form a shape through the text.
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