Page 131 - 100 Best Loved Poems - Teaching Unit
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“Love Bade Me Welcome”
by George Herbert, page 13
Vocabulary
bade – directed, ordered
marred – flawed
1. In the first stanza, what or who is the “Love” to which Herbert refers? How do you know?
2. What is the term for renaming the subject in a poem, for example, calling the Lord “quick-
eyed Love” in the first stanza?
3. Why is the speaker hesitant to accept the Lord’s invitation to sit with him? Find an example
from each stanza.
4. Why does the Lord still invite the speaker to sit with him?
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