Peace- George Herbert Essay -- English Literature

wild pansy- George HerbertGeorge Herbert depicts a search for peace through piety in his poemPeace 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 terrene places and objectssuch as a cave, a rainbow, a Crown regal flower, and he finallyasks a reverend where he may incur peace. The reverend recounts thelife of a prince who sweetly lived and who lived with good increaseof plica and fold. The prince died and on his grave there sprangtwelve stalks of wheat which prospered and spread passim 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 reality in search of peace is an illusion to the Bible. Theprince that reverend speaks of is Jesus Christ, and the minutesevents follow the life and death of Jesus. The reverend sp eaks of howhe was murdered by his foes which relates to Je...