George Herbert (1593-1633) was one of the major English metaphysical poets. He was born in Wales and was educated at Cambridge. He was an English clergyman and has become famous for his distinctive religious poetry. Herbert, who was greatly influenced by the work of John Donne, another important metaphysical poet, distinguishes himself from early convention of poetry (golden poetry) which is artifice. Being a religious poet, Herbert was notable for the purity and effectiveness of …showed first 75 words of 1179 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1179 total…by simplicity of statement. The ultimate struggle or conflict in Herbert's poetry is between the world and complete surrender to God. This is what appeared in the poem Love I and Love II. In the first poem Herbert addresses man's love of God and in the second he considers God's love of man. The conflict was presented in the end of the first poem while the second poem ends with the complete surrender to God.