the pully poem
meaning of poem
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In this poem, the conceit revolves around the pulley. He uses it to depict humanity's restless nature and the reason why human beings are incapable of being satisfied. When considering this conceit, think about the way that a pulley creates force and leverage
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The Pulley by George Herbert is a religious, metaphysical poem which centres 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. After God
made this universe, he gathered all the blessings of the world in a glass and distributed
them to the human beings one after another. First, he gave the strength, therefore human
became strong enough to survive. One by one, god gave them the beauty, wisdom,
honour, pleasure and many other blessings. When almost all was gone, God kept ‘rest’ at
the bottom of the glass, thinking that ‘both should losers be’ if the ‘rest’ is given. When they
get all they want, in the sense of sufficiency, they may forget God. On one hand, when
human beings get rest, they forget god and take a rest. As a result, god will lose the love
and affection of human beings. On the other hand, when rest is given, people will lose
strength, honour, wisdom and beauty and all other human capacities. God knows the man
is by birth prone to lethargy. They will get rest at the cost of the progress. Progress and
the rest never come together. We get one losing the other. God is sure that man will only
praise the things God has given to them not the god himself. Mankind will lose their
essence, get tired and wander in search of rest. In the concluding part of the poem, Herbert
gives two reasons behind human going to god. First, they will go to God out of the
goodness, faith or divine emotions and inborn loyalty for him. Secondly, if they do not go
to god out of the first cause, they will go to him when they are tired. Weariness takes human
beings to the shadow of god. So, the God decides to keep the mankind away from the rest
so as to make him feel the eternal rest can only be found in God. For the sake of the rest,
at least man will remember to god and go to him for his love and rest. The repining
restlessness or the discontentment with the worldly things will finally lead a man to god.
He wanted man to discover the real rest only in Him. He alone can truly give the mankind
the rest they frantically seek. The poet answers in a simple tone that the reason behind
man being so unsatisfying and weary is that God has not bestowed us with his precious
jewel ‘rest’, but kept the jewel ‘rest’ with him. So, for the sake of rest, we always run from
here to there. We think now we are complete because we have everything, but the moment
we feel so, another moment we feel empty and become restless. This is what exactly God ENGA_Sem-2_PRASENJIT An analysis of The Pulley by George Herbert_CC-4
wants us to be. If this happens to us then only, we remember god and go to him for the
‘rest.’
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.
‘The Pulley’ by George Herbert is a four-stanza poem that is separated into sets of five
lines, or quintains. Each of these quintains follows a structured rhyme scheme. They
conform to a pattern of ABABA, alternating end sounds as the poet saw fit. The consistent
repetition in the rhyme helps to give the poem an overwhelming feeling of unity. This
makes sense as the entirety of this piece is dialogue spoken by God or about God.
A reader should also take note of the moments of repetition in the starting words of ‘The
Pulley.’ There are a few moments in which these words rhyme. One notable instance is
stanza two with the words “Then” and “When” at the beginning of lines two and three. There
is also an example in stanza three with “So” and “Bestow” in lines two and five.
In regards the meter, the lines are also very consistent. The first and fifth lines of each
stanza conform to a pattern of iambic trimeter. This means that there are three sets of two
beats per line. The first of these is unstressed and the second stressed.
The stresses remain the same in lines two, three and four, but they mostly contain five sets
of two beats. This means they are written in iambic pentameter. The regularity of the rhyme
scheme, in tandem with the meter, give the poem a very structured feeling. A reader learns
what to expect from line to line, and at least in regards to structure, there are no surprises.
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