Question

Explain how herbert uses the word "sweet" in different senses in course of his poem ‘virtue'.

Answer 1

Herbert uses the word “sweet” in different senses in the course of his poem ‘Virtue’. Some of them are as follows:

* sweet day – to indicate a calm and pleasant day

* sweet rose – to indicate the pleasant smell of the flower

* sweet spring – to indicate the beauty of the season and compare to a box of sweets

Answer 2

The meaning of sweet:

As an adjective

· having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey.

· pleasing in general; delightful

As a noun

· a small shaped piece of confectionery made with sugar

· a sweet dish forming a course of a meal; a pudding or dessert

 

In the poem 'Virtue' George Herbert uses the word sweet in different senses.

'Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright'

'Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave'

'Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses'

'Only a sweet and virtuous soul'

He uses the word sweet as an adjective to describe a day, a rose, spring season and a soul.

He describes them as something or someone who is pleasant and delightful in general.