"Herbert is the poet of this inner weather."
— Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Published by Chatto & Windus
Date
1932
Metaphor
"Herbert is the poet of this inner weather."
Metaphor in Context
The climate of the mind is positively English in its variableness and instability. Frost, sunshine, hopeless drought and refreshing rains succeed one another with bewildering rapidity. Herbert is the poet of this inner weather. Accurately, in a score of lyrics unexcelled for flawless purity of diction and appositeness of imagery, he has described its changes and interpreted, in terms of a mystical philosophy, their significance. Within his limits he achieves a real perfection. (p. 13)
Categories
Provenance
Reading Norton Critical Edition of Seventeenth Century British Poetry, 1603-1660
Citation
Huxley, Aldous. Texts & Pretexts: An Anthology with Commentaries. London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. <Link>
Date of Entry
02/16/2009
