英美文学简明教程(华中科技大学出版社)
Herbert entered Westminster School at or around the age of 12 where he became a day student.
Herbert later was admitted on scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1609 where he graduated first with a Bachelors and then with a masters degree in 1613 at the age of 20.
After graduating from Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge (where he achieved degrees with distinction), Herbert was elected a major fellow of his college.
In 1618 he was appointed Reader in Rhetoric at Cambridge and in 1620 he was elected to the post of Cambridge University orator, whose duties would be served by poetic skill. He held this position until 1628.
In 1624 he became a Member of Parliament, representing Montgomery shire. He took up his duties in Bemerton, a rural parish in Wiltshire, about 75 miles southwest of London in 1630. Here he preached and wrote poetry; also helping to rebuild the church out of his own funds.
Suffering from poor health, Herbert died of tuberculosis.
（2）Major Works:
The Temple 《神殿》
9. The Metaphysical Poetry
（1）Definition:
The term is commonly used to name the work in the 17th century written by the writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne.
（2）Representatives:
John Donne & George Herbert
（3）The General Features of the School:
The diction is simple and echoes the words and cadence （节奏） of common
speech.
The imagery is drawn from the actual life yet subtle, the extended metaphors
for such images are typically called ―metaphysical conceits‖. (Conceit is an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem. By juxtaposing, usurping and manipulating images and ideas in surprising ways, a conceit invites the reader into a more sophisticated understanding of an object of comparison.)
The form is frequently that of an argument with the poet’s loved, with God, or
with himself.
10. Ben Jonson (1572-1637)
The first poet laureate in the history of English literature
（1）Life:
Ben Jonson was born in London about the year 1573. His father, an impoverished clergyman, died shortly before his birth. His mother remarried a bricklayer two years later.
Jonson attended school in St. Martin’s Lane, and was later sent to Westminster