Throughout his works, Herbert's struggle to define his relationship with God is strongly reflected as he includes biblical metaphors rooted in the tensions of relationships similar to those in his own company (1605). After coming to terms with the idea that his relationship with Christ was radically unequal, Herbert constantly struggles with the paradox that his works should give an acceptable amount of praise to God because he is a Christian poet. This is what is present in his work “The Alter”. In this shaped verse poem Herbert uses metaphysical conceit as a device as he compares a broken altar to humans who Herbert also believes are broken because they are full of sin. In the first lines Herbert expresses the condition of the altar by describing it as built with human qualities, “Made of a heart and cemented with tears (line 2).” One can easily accept that the altar is also the heart of a church or place of worship, making the metaphor more profound. Herbert is transmitting the man or the heart of the man to the