![]() ![]() Though in truth, this is what every good poet does. It was a metaphysical metamorphosis through metaphors! These poets leapfrogged from the ordinary to the extraordinary with a dash of wit and a flash of insight. And as he changed their perceptions he changed them. ![]() Meta, when used as prefix, usually suggests a change or transformation, and he used language to change his readers’ perceptions. ![]() ![]() Herbert was metaphysical in the true sense. George Herbert wrote about a collar, a meal, a path, a friend, and as he did, he referred to a spiritual attachment, a mystical meal, a mysterious journey, and an invisible friend. To discuss extraordinary topics, they used ordinary objects. They wrote, not of elves, but of angels not of Neverland but of the Everland of eternity. They created works of fantasy rather than works of fiction. In their own way they were the authors of fairy tales. Herbert was one of those poets that literary critics refer to as “metaphysical poets.” They are given that name because they wrote paradoxical poems about mysterious subjects. He was a poet, a prophet of sorts, and a faithful priest. He was a country pastor, who went often to his church to think, to pray, and to write. He was a gentle man who helped the poor and ministered to the sick. Once there was an Englishman who lived in a large house in the country beside a river that flowed down to a meadow on which stood a beautiful Anglican church. ![]()
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