Virtue

 

                                                                                    Virtue By George Herbert

 

Interpretation Of The Title

Base on that title; namely “virtue”, so in my mind appearance the human attitude like friendly,  care each other, beloved by Allah and a lot of people around us.

Theme

·         Virtue is never die

Because that poet is trying to convey kindness, “and all must die like day of the first stanza, the rose of the second stanza, and the spring of the third,only a sweet and virtuous soul that can be permanent”.

“Man pass a way leave his or her name”, that aphorism is suitable for George Herbert’s creation. Because in his poem tell us about or content about how beautiful the weather in the day, how strong and brave someone but that all will die instead.

There are spring day, beautiful day, beautiful rose all of them wrap in a beautiful box but they are lie to be beautiful forever and actually they also die but just only a sweet and virtuous soul that will be permanent although body separated with soul.

 

The message that can we get in that poetry are, the people will always remember about our kindness although we passed away, and as we know wickedness, anger, etc will defeated by kindness. Because wickedness and kindness can not united. The kindness or virtue is permanent and the wickedness, anger is impermanent. So keep our relation with God, nature, and human. And remember that all of kindness come from Allah.