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英语诗歌赏析 广东海洋大学外国语学院 康翠琴 A Brief Introduction to George Herbert and His Virtue Introduction This thesis aims to introduce a Metaphysical poet George Herbert and one of his poem Virtue in which virtue is sung highly of. There are two parts in the main body of the thesis. The first part gives readers a brief introduction of George Herbert, his family and his writing styles. In the second part, the poem Virtue is analyzed in two aspects: musicality and image, added by an appreciation of the poem as an accompaniment. In the end of the thesis, what have been mentioned are brought to a conclusion to reveal George Herbert’s values toward life. George Herbert and His Virtue George Herbert lived in the period of Renaissance in the Great Britain, influenced by John Donne, the representative of the Metaphysical school, also by the religion of Anglicanism, most of his works praised highly of the God and beauty, which can be found in one of his poem Virtue. George Herbert and His Family George Herbert, (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was a Welsh poet, orator and priest. Being born into an artistic and wealthy family, he received a good education which led to his holding prominent positions at Cambridge University and Parliament. [1] His mother was a patron and friend of John Donne and other poets and one of his brothers was an important poet and philosopher, often regarded as “the father of English deism” which give little George an intellectual environment that is full of arts. George Herbert’s Writing Style George Herbert was a religious poet as well as one of the Metaphysical poets. [2] His poems are characterized by “a precision of language, a metrical versatility, and an ingenious use of imagery or conceits that was favored by the metaphysical school of poets”. [3] Great talent can been found in his teenage hood. When at the age fifteen, George created his first two sonnets in which he expressed the theme of “the love of God is more honorable than that of a woman”. Sinc