Crashaw’s poem “On the Wounds of Our Crucified Lord” struck me for the descriptions of Christ’s body parts. The metaphors surrounding his wounds reminded me of the way poets liked to list the different body parts of their lover to compare them to other objects (blazon). I think an inspired technique is being used here, particularly in the second stanza.
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Rachel,
That is a great connection. I also noticed, in the same poem, the idea of tears and pearls being connected, as they were in Hero and Leander. I am curious as to what this has to do with God and his regenerative forces, or those that create life.
-Tully