Reading this line of the poem brought me to think about one of the stories in the Bible that talks about the blind leading the blind. (Matthew 15:14). In this case, it was based on the good not leading him and him being led by weariness.

In this line, an analyst of this poem expressed that God threw this man into perpetual restlessness so that way he would remember who his creator was and turn back to him in goodness and weariness. After reading this analysis, I can totally agree. God ultimately wants us to turn to him in times of strength and weakness.

This stanza of the poem makes me think of all the beauty God created within the world. There was beauty that was shown and God exhibited wisdom, pleasure and honor. Then on the seventh day, he rest. And the last line, "rest in the bottom lay," explains that God rested at the end.

In this stanza, an analyst of the poem said that God is actually pouring out these blessings and he withheld one important blessing, which is the gift of rest. When reading this analysis, I was glad that the interpretation that I got out of this stanza was actually correct.

"Glass of blessings," is this referring to having an abundance of blessings? Is the glass half full, completely full? This line made me think that the glass of blessings is noting the abundance of blessings that God gives to us even when we don't always deserve them.

Many analysists of Richard Crashaw's poems say that his poems are mainly about joy and about Christ. In reading this poem, I can see that Crashaw has the joy of God in his heart and it shows in his writing. He is happy about the eternal life that he will have because he is a believer of Christ and because he is saved by the grace of God that he has the ability to live life freely and abundantly.

This stanza illustrates a paradox. How is Christ free although he is still bound? The answer to that would be that although Christ is bound to the cross, he is free from sin and while nailed to the crucifix he is freeing US from our sin. This is illustrated in the biblical scripture John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

This line reminds me of Exodus 33:14 in the Bible. It says "And He said, "My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest." I would say that in this first line, Crashaw is saying that THY meaning Christ cannot go and there is eternal life in Christ.

This line shows that death is at times not a proud thing but a sad thing. In other cases, death is a proud moment: a moment of honor and triumph. https://allthatsinteresting.com/baroque-period-artists

When viewing this photo, although the image as such looks as if the man is dead in his arms, it also just comes across as "Death be not proud." The man with the angel wings just looks so at peace, like he is just so happy that his son is with him in his arms. To me, this meaning would be that God is pleased to see his son.

John Donne's poem is a Petrarchan Sonnet. Petrarchan Sonnets are characterized by having a total of 14 lines, written in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abba abba cdecde.

With an analysis of the poem, it is believed that in this line the speaker is predicting the end of death itself. Death is the servant of other powers. Donne in this last line is replicating the sentiment of the Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:26, "the final enemy to be destroyed is death." In correlation with this, Donne is saying that death has no power and will eventually cease to exist.

When reading this line, it brought me to think about that sometimes we sleep to take away pain. It also reminded me of the biblical scripture, Psalm 30:5. "For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." I feel that this would correlate because the line "And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die." just makes me think that the death has faded and only peace shall remain. We should not fear death because death is full of itself.

When reading this line of the poem it made me think that Donne was trying to say that there was no one is capable of killing him! The biblical scripture this correlates with in my opinion is Romans 8:31. "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?"

The poor death that I felt that it was referring to is the fact that death is normally sad but when we die it should not be sad but more of a celebration of life.

This form of this poem is rhymed stanza, pattern poetry. There is actually a physical form to the poem, its shaped as wings. The stanzas are symmetrical and the wings of the poem are elegantly folded.

Analysts of this poem feel that this poem is a celebration of Christ's resurrection, which is depicted as the means by which humankind overcomes sin and attain freedom.

The peace that seems to be mentioned is from Jesus. Especially when the next line refers to the baby in the manger, so that baby must be Jesus. God is peace. Mika Morton one of the poem analysts says that Vaughan contrasts the peace and permanence of heaven to the sinful and changing life of earth. I can definitely agree with this.

This poem is an example of a metaphysical poem. It is a short poem that was included in Henry Vaughan's religious poems collection "Silex Scintillans." The imagery used in this poem contains spiritual, military and natural images. There are images of war.

The "thy" that Vaughan is referring to is God. God is his fortress and his ease.

No matter how much we may change, this line is showing us that God never changes. He remains the same always and is our life and our cure. God keeps us secure and directs our paths.

This line brings me to think about Jesus dying on the cross for our sins so that we may have eternal life. Him dying on the cross just expresses his pure love for us.

Although with older age comes sickness, sadness, and shame because God exists there is victory on the other side. The biblical scripture that it reminded me of is 1 Corinthians 15:57. "But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." The victory is within him.

When reading this line, it just made me think that what Herbert is saying is that as we get older, our sorrows seem to come also, With older age, also comes sickness and shame.

As soon as I read the opening line of the poem, I began to think that God makes us in his image so the instance of this statement was kind of contradictory. Although God makes us in his image, he is still a very humble man so he would not boast about it.

When reading this beginning line of the poem, it made me think of the story of Adam and Eve as well as the story in the Bible of when God created the Earth.

Freedom from what? Would this be freedom from sin? fear? When reading this line of the poem it brought be back to knowing that because of Jesus dying on the cross, I am free from bondage. The scripture that correlates with this is Hebrews 2:15 which says, "and release those through who fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage."