Working it Out: Growing Spiritually with the Poetry of George Herbert

Have you always wanted to understand great poetry?
Would you like to deepen your devotional reading?
Working it Out may be just what you need!

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.
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LEARN TO UNDERSTAND GREAT POETRY BY SPENDING A YEAR WITH THE BEAUTIFUL POETRY OF GEORGE HERBERT
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This one year study will take you through 51 works of the great 17th-century poet, George Herbert, with an emphasis on seeing the movement of thought within each poem. The beautiful poetry of George Herbert can deepen your faith, and the study method will help you understand poetry in general.
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.In Working it Out you will learn to see: — The Big Picture: what the poem is about —The Parts of the Picture: a stanza-by-stanza explication of the poem. —The Parts of the Picture Come Together: a look at the movement of thought through the poem.
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When a foundation of understanding is established, you may choose to move into the devotional elements of each chapter, which include:.—Reflections: questions for personal meditation. —Scriptures for Further Reflection.By the time you finish a year of study in this book, you will have a structured method that you can use to read and understand any poem. Womack’s models will help you see how a poet can use tone and nuance, as well as a variety of literary devices, to convey an idea.

Joseph L. Womack has degrees from Baylor University, The School of Law of The University of Texas at Austin, and the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, VA. He has taught English literature at Stetson University, was an attorney for 20 years with the U.S. House of Representatives, and has served as an ordained minister for 3 churches in Virginia. He is retired and lives in Richmond, VA with his wife, Cynthia.