The pulley :critically appreciation
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Pulley is a religious, metaphysical poem where ‘pulley’ as prime conceit in that poem.
Herbert wants to unveil the truth why human beings are so restless and unsatisfying despite all the things he wants.
When God made this world he gathered all blessings of the world in glass and distributed them to human beings.
He gave strength therefore human became strong to survive.
One after another god gave them beauty, wisdom, honor, pleasure and other blessings.
When all was gone God kept ‘rest’ at bottom of glass thinking that ‘both' should losers be’ if rest’ is given.
They forget the almighty when they got all.
When human beings get rest they forget god and take rest.
God loses love and affection of human beings.
Other hand when rest is given people lose strength, honor, wisdom and other human capacities.
God knows man is by birth is lethargic.
Explanation:
The Pulley by George Herbert is a religious, metaphysical poem which centers on the ‘pulley’ as a prime conceit in the poem. Herbert wants to unveil the truth that why human beings are so restless and unsatisfying despite having all the things he wants.
The Pulley by George Herbert is a religious, metaphysical poem which centers on the ‘pulley’ as a prime conceit in the poem. Herbert wants to unveil the truth that why human beings are so restless and unsatisfying despite having all the things he wants.The title of the poem the pulley is a conceit that carries the theme of the poem. In pulley from the mechanical point of view to operate it a kind of power and force has to be applied to one end to lift the object of the other end. The force applied makes a difference to the weight that is being lifted. The ‘rest’ that god keeps with him is the leverage that draws the mankind towards god. Two quite different objects are forcefully compared here, one from the pure physics that is pulley and the other from the pure religion that is God. The relationship of man and god is compared with the metaphorical pulley. To pull mankind back to the God, back to his origin, God keeps man away from the ‘rest.’ This can only be possible in the metaphysical conceits. So the title is thematic.