Peace- George Herbert Essay -- English Literature

Peace- George HerbertGeorge Herbert depicts a search for mollification through religion in his metrical compositionPeace by utilizing allusion to the Bible and symbolism.George Herbert begins his poem by asking a question Sweet Peace,where dost thou dwell? This is an apostrophe to Peace because thenarrator is seeking peace in a variety of sublunary places and objectssuch as a cave, a rainbow, a Crown Imperial flower, and he finallyasks a grand where he may find peace. The sublime recounts thelife of a prince who sweetly lived and who lived with good increaseof flock and fold. The prince died and on his grave there sprangtwelve stalks of straw which prospered and spread throughout theEarth. Anyone who fed on the wheat discovered a secret virtue,bringing peace and mirth by flight of sin. The story the reverendrelates to the man in search of peace is an illusion to the Bible. Theprince that reverend speaks of is Jesus Christ, and the proceedingevents follow the life and death of Jes us. The reverend speaks of howhe was murdered by his foes which relates to Je...