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The Altar is a metaphysical poem that depicts the speaker's desire to build an altar of his heart to worship God. The poem uses imagery, metaphor, and alliteration to create a shape poem that resembles an altar on the page.
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A poem that compares a broken heart to a sacred altar dedicated to God. The poet asks for God's blessing and sacrifice to sanctify his altar and praise his name.
" 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.
Altar. Altar in Roskilde Cathedral beneath by a carved reredos. 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.
Un altar (del latín altare, de altus, "elevación") es una estructura consagrada al culto religioso, sobre el cual se hacen ofrendas o sacrificios. [1] En algunas civilizaciones antiguas, para designar un altar de piedra, se utilizaba el término ara (plural, aras ), que también es común en la francmasonería para denominar el sitio central ...
Analysis. The four words spelled out in capital letters in the poem (”ALTAR,” “HEART,” “SACRIFICE,” and “ALTAR” once more) tell the reader what its most important themes are. In the poem’s first couplet, the speaker declares his intention. He addresses God directly to say that he is raising an altar. However, this is not just any old church altar.
