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The “No more” refers to the good, moral life andpossibly obedience to religion that the speaker has
been living. He implies that he will no longer give up
on all the earthly pleasures of life that he had before
he became a “good” man. He is rebelling against the
restrictions and limitations of such a life.
‘struck’ - The poet’s frustration.
Title:
Just as the collar confines your 7 questions: the poets state of mind:
neck, so the man feels the laws
of God confine Him. Herbert The poet’s frustration and his rebellious
himself became a priest and feelings. SACAI NOV 2021
wore a dog collar and the poem
is an expression of his anger
and frustration with himself
and God for failing in his duty as
Conversation: between the poet’s own
a priest. SACAI NOV 2021
voice of conscience OR a voice which
emanates from God replies to the
questions.
The poets reaction of the poet to the
The speaker is telling us what
reply to his questions: He argues
happened by reporting it in furiously and spurns the voice. SACAI NOV
direct speech. The first verbs 2021
“struck” and “cried” are in
the past tense, but what
follows in inverted commas,
direct speech, is all in the
present tense. At the end he Function of the uneven lines:
goes back to telling us what The lines reflect the
happened, in the past tense. indecisions/arguments of the poet.
(One moment rejoicing in his rebellion
This tells us that the whole
against God, the next overcome by a
poem relates the events that sense of futility.)
happened (in the past) to the
SACAI NOV 2021
speaker. He is reporting how
he rebelled but then that the
The reasons the poet is feeling frustrated and angry:
Lord called him back.
He resents the feeling that he is obliged to God and also resents
the fact that everything he has tried has ended fruitlessly,
because he has wilfully dissipated God’s gifts SACAI NOV 2021
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