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  • Heaven- imagery of “eternal life” and happiness
  • The “rich Lord” was not in the ‘richest place’
  • The tenant continued to search for the “rich Lord” in “great resorts”
  • “Cities, theaters, gardens, parks and courts” (11) - symbols of great beauty and power
  • “ragged noise and mirth / of thieves and murderers” (12-3).
  • Thought of rule breakers, low lives, out casts, the poor…the ones rejected from society

"Redemption" George Herbert

by: Colleen Kozacheck

Allusion

Allegory

  • “Sought him accordingly in great resorts; / In cities, theaters, gardens, parks, and courts: / At length I heard a ragged noise and mirth / of thieves and murderers; there I him espied” (10-3).
  • Allusion to Jesus Christ (biblical)
  • Did not dine with the rich, he did not befriend the powerful; rather he loved the outcasts and those who had done wrong, he tried to direct them towards a better life
  • “Who straight, “Your suit is granted,” said, and died” (14).
  • Allusion to Jesus’ death on the cross
  • Died for our sins
  • Dies for narrator’s desires/wish

Imagery & Symbolism

"Redemption"

“It is not meters, but a meter-making argument, that makes a poem – a thought so passionate and alive that, like the spirit of a plant or an animal, it has an architecture of its own, and adorns nature with a new thing” (Emerson).

  • Agrees with Emerson’s definition
  • “It is not meters, but a meter-making argument, that makes a poem”
  • Beauty of “Redemption”
  • Not just in the literal words of the poem
  • But the lesson: we are all redeemed by a loving God
  • Creates an understanding and appreciation of the “rich Lord”
  • “a thought so passionate and alive”
  • Religion and understanding of God- a passionate topic since it’s start
  • “has an architecture of its own, and adorns nature with a new thing”
  • Religion and God have a different meaning for everyone
  • Finding God and religion is a journey and eye-opening experience that varies for each individual
  • Definition: recovery, refurbishment, renovation
  • Symbol: Jesus was our redemption
  • He died for our sins
  • The tenant = humanity
  • We are all on the search for “God”
  • Assume to find him in the places of great power and beauty
  • Because ‘earthly rulers’ are associated with such riches
  • Rich Lord = our ‘God’
  • The God spoken about (no matter what religion) is one of compassion and love
  • That would die for us

  • The entire poem is considered an example of allegory
  • Has a second/deeper meaning
  • Literally: tenant searching for his rich Lord to ask for an exchange; finds the Lord, not with his riches, but with the stereotyped “outcasts”; grants tenant’s wish and dies
  • Figuratively: tenant is a symbol for humanity; searching for God, assuming to find Him in places of great beauty and/or power, but find Him in the most unexpected place- with thieves and murderers; Jesus saved us through his death

Structure and Pronouns

  • one stanza
  • creates a “story” effect
  • ABABCDCDEFFEGG
  • Notice the shift in rhyme: “EFFE” (9-12).
  • “gone / possession” (6,8)
  • Slant rhyme
  • The use of “I”
  • Makes it more personal

"Redemption"

Having been tenant long to a rich Lord,

Not thriving, I resolved to be bold,

And make a suit unto him, to afford

A new small-rented lease and cancel the old.

In heaven at his manor I him sought:

They told me there that he was lately gone

About some land which he had dearly bought

Long since on earth, to take possession.

I straight returned, and knowing his great birth,

Sought him accordingly in great resorts;

In cities, theaters, gardens, parks, and courts:

At length I heard a ragged noise and mirth

Of thieves and murderers; there I him espied

Who straight, “Your suit is granted,” said, and died.

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