ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -As larks, harmoniously, And sing this day thy victories: Then shall the fall further the flight in me. And still with sicknesses and shame.

Detailed explanation-2: -In “Easter Wings, ” the speaker meditates on how one’s relationship to God offers relief from pain-and how that pain is what allows for spiritual redemption in the first place. The speaker suggests that through devotion to God, one can overcome suffering and find spiritual freedom and redemption.

Detailed explanation-3: -Christ’s resurrection on Easter morning means that he rises from the dead. In describing how he’ll rise with Christ, Herbert compares himself to birds that use wings to fly to the happiness of heaven.

Detailed explanation-4: -The fame of George Herbert’s “Easter-wings” is due not only to the complex theological meanings developed throughout the poem but also to how its form and shape function poetically: the words of the poem are arranged to create both a rhythmic pattern and the shape of wings.

Detailed explanation-5: -Herbert makes use of several literary devices in ‘Easter Wings’. These include but are not limited to alliteration, assonance, and enjambment. The latter, enjambment, is seen through the transitions between lines. The moments in which the poet does not use end-punctuation are most commonly enjambed.