Write a critical note on "The
Pulley" as a religious poem./ Comment on the title of the poem “The
Pulley”/ Discuss “The Pulley” as a metaphysical poem.
The Pulley by George Herbert is a religious,
metaphysical poem which centers on the ‘pulley’ as a prime conceit in the poem.
Herbert wants to unveil the truth that why human beings are so restless and
unsatisfying despite having all the things he wants.
After God made
this universe, he gathered all the blessings of the world in a glass and
distributed them to the human beings one after another. First, he gave the
strength, therefore human became strong enough to survive. One by one, god gave
them the beauty, wisdom, honor, pleasure and many other blessings. When almost
all was gone, God kept ‘rest’ at the bottom of the glass, thinking that ‘both
should losers be’ if the ‘rest’ is given. When they get all they want, in the
sense of sufficiency, they may forget God. On one hand, when human beings get
rest, they forget god and take a rest. As a result, god will lose the love and
affection of human beings. On the other hand, when rest is given, people
will lose strength, honor, wisdom and beauty and all other human capacities.
God knows the man is by birth prone to lethargy. They will get rest at the cost
of the progress. Progress and the rest never come together. We get one losing
the other. God is sure that man will only praise the things God has given to
them not the god himself. Mankind will lose their essence, get tired and wander
in search of rest.
In the
concluding part of the poem, Herbert gives two reasons behind human going to
god. First, they will go to God out of the goodness, faith or divine emotions
and inborn loyalty for him. Secondly, if they do not go to god out of the first
cause, they will go to him when they are tired. Weariness takes human beings to
the shadow of god. So, the God decides to keep the mankind away from the rest
so as to make him feel the eternal rest can only be found in God. For the sake
of the rest, at least man will remember to god and go to him for his love and
rest. The repining restlessness or the discontentment with the worldly things
will finally lead a man to god. He wanted man to discover the real rest only in
Him. He alone can truly give the mankind the rest they frantically seek..........................................................
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