Analysis Of The Poem A Wreath Poem

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A wreathèd garland of deservèd praise, Of praise deservèd, unto thee I give, I give to thee, who knowest all my ways, My crooked winding ways, wherein I live, Wherein I die, not live: for life is straight, Straight as a line, and ever tends to thee, To thee, who art more far above deceit, Than deceit seems above simplicity. Give me simplicity, that I may live, So live and like, that I may know thy ways, Know them and practise them: then shall I give For this poor wreath, give thee a crown of praise. The structure and meaning of George Herbert’s poem “A Wreath” is based on frequent use of repetition. The most prevailing figure throughout the whole poem is anadiplosis, which involves repetition of the end of one line at the beginning of the other. It is used from the very first lines of the poem: “A wreathed garland of deserved praise / Of praise deserved, unto thee I give” (1-2) Whereas anadiplosis is used throughout the whole text, it can be identified as gradatio, which is a complex form of anadiplosis. Another figure which can be observed in these lines is antimetabole (repeatin...

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