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‘The Altar’ by George Herbert is a direct and devotional poem that depicts the speaker ’s desire to make a sacrifice similar to Christ’s. The poem, which is constructed in the shape of an altar, describes the metaphorical process of building an altar out of one’s heart.
" The Altar" is a shaped poem by the Welsh-born poet and Anglican priest George Herbert, first published in his posthumous collection The Temple (1633). The poem is founded on a Baroque metaphor with a long history of prior use of coalescing verbal and visual image.
The Altar. By George Herbert. A broken ALTAR, Lord, thy servant rears, Made of a heart and cemented with tears: Whose parts are as thy hand did frame; No workman's tool hath touch'd the same. A HEART alone. Is such a stone, As nothing but. Thy pow'r doth cut. Wherefore each part. Of my hard heart. Meets in this frame, To praise thy name:
An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, churches, and other places of worship.
An altar is a ceremonial table upon which sanctifications, sacrifices, and other religious rituals traditionally take place. The altar that gives this poem its name represents at least three things: the poem itself shaped as an altar, the literal altar found inside churches, and—most importantly—the poet’s heart as a metaphorical altar.
“The Altar,” by George Herbert (1593-1633), literally holds an important place in the poet’s body of work. After Herbert’s death, his surviving English poems were published in a collection called...
Selected Poem - 'The Altar'. Although George Herbert's so-called 'pattern poems' are often used as a way of introducing his poetry to newcomers, 'The Temple' includes only two that are obviously designed as such. 'Easter Wings' is the one most frequently quoted, but 'The Altar ' is better crafted and certainly of greater significance.
