Imago Dei in Geoffrey Hill’s Lachrimae and Tenebrae
Imago Dei in Geoffrey Hill’s Lachrimae and Tenebrae

Summary/Abstract: The article argues that Hill’s craftsmanship, labelled as “thorny,” does not exclude the less erudite readers, however poorly versed in the poet’s “cryptic allusions.” My own close reading of Lachrimae and Tenebrae is a personal account of how I attempted to unveil Hill’s relation to God. As well as identifying the stages of “lacrimosity” of self-seeking martyrdom and self-indulgent mourning, which culminate in the anguish of absence the essay offers an insight into the aesthetic and the moral nature of the poet’s search for the Absolute. According to Geoffrey Hill, poetic inspiration can lead a way to spiritual rebirth and moral regeneration, while self-knowledge brings the artist close to the Divine.

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