![]() ![]() This means that they contain five sets of two beats. The first lines are written in iambic pentameter. The poem makes use of a simple rhyme scheme of AABBCCDD, and so on, changing end sounds with each couplet. They are also indented farther than the others. The middle eight lines are considerably shorter than those before and after them. It is a “shape” poem, meaning that the lines of text are arranged on the page to form an image. ‘ The Altar’ by George Herbert is a sixteen line poem that is contained within one stanza of text. The speaker describes how stone by stone, and bit by bit, he’s going to create an altar to God out of his own body. 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’ by George Herbert is a direct and devotional poem that depicts the speaker’s desire to make a sacrifice similar to Christ’s. ![]()
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