ABSTRACT
This chapter presents four poems of George Herbert: Life, The Quip, The Pulley and Man. The poem 'Life' comes into conflict with its early modern Christian context in its form and content. The content and the form each possess their own unity. 'The Quip' is Herbert's witty way of rebutting the criticism and emphasising the strength of his faith and his calling. 'The Pulley' explains that man is always restless and striving for more, and that this is necessary to force mankind to seek God and be good. The poem 'Man' is homage to God; it is also an anthropocentric poem in that it focuses on man as the center of the world. Man's proportions are symmetrical and all of his parts have private amity.
