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The world turning to coal is an allusion to the apocalypse. All the stanzas symbolize different types of people. The people in the first three stanzas are not necessarily evil, but they are not virtuous and do not survive the end of the world. The person described in the last stanza is virtuous, thus he has salvation and will live eternally.
Herbert uses much imagery and personification in this poem. He does this to make the objects he describes in the stanzas more realistic and life-like. He also keeps life and death motif. At the end of every stanza is a statement telling the final result of the person in each verse.
Herbert uses an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout the poem. He was an English Renaissance poet and all of those poets incorporated rhyming in their work, so Herbert did as well.
When one looks at this poem as a whole, it is easy to see that the author is very religious. Herbert definitely believes in Christianity and this entire poem deals with the topic of salvation and damnation when the apocalypse arrives.