Working It Out eBook Poetry Study with George Herbert

  Working it Out ebook: A poetry devotional In Working it Out, you will study the work of George Herbert, a 17th-century poet, with an emphasis on seeing the movement of thought within each poem. Though Working it Out was written primarily as a devotional, the book models a thoughtful method for reading and understanding poetry in general. PDF eBook; 216 pages; 51 poem lessons   Learn to understand great poetry by spending a year with the beautiful poetry of George Herbert.  Why study George Herbert? George Herbert is a poet every Christian should know. According to Professor Jerry Root in The C. S. Lewis Readers' Encyclopedia, "[George] Herbert was arguably C. S. Lewis's favorite Lyric poet." Root notes that there are "elements of Herbert's honesty and self-effacing manner that prefigure a similar quality in Lewis's own work." In Joseph Womack's capable hands, Herbert's poetry becomes a path, not only to a deeper understanding of poetry and literature, but also to a closer walk with G