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Religious Themes in the Butterfly Shaped Poem 'Easter Wings' by George Herbert

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it becomes successively longer until it reaches the middle of the winged insect or animals middle, where it becomes longer again, with each line of the poem. There is symmetry  as well and then the author goes and creates yet another winged creature at the end of the poem. And while one can say that quite easily and succinctly at  first glance, in explicating the poem, one can see that it is more complex than the eyes can decipher at first sight and more insights about the shape can be  gleaned through a reading of the poem. The first stanza is as follows: "Lord, Who createdst man in wealth and store, Though foolishly he lost the same, Decaying  more and more, Till he became Most poore:" (Herbert PG) The poem begins by speaking of man and mankind and the fact that God created man with wealth, but  that wealth had decayed until he became poor. Quite obviously, the author is not speaking of wealth in terms of money, but in terms of a variety of things. Adam  and Eve for example were created with no clothing on their backs and so the wealth that is referred to has to do with something more important than materiality. The  poem goes on to complete the first set of wings as follows: "With Thee O let me rise, larks, harmoniously, And sing this day Thy victories: Then shall the fall  further the flight in me." (Herbert PG). Here, the author turns to God and says that with him, he will rise and be joyful, and look at his strengths as  opposed to what he does not have. He will do this because as a human, he will take his sorrow, or his failures, and be uplifted anyway. The author seems