Originally, however, "sweetness and light" had a special use in literary and cultural criticism meaning "pleasing and instructive", which in classical theory was considered to be the aim and justification of poetry. Wodehouse employed the phrase often, sometimes with a slight nod to the phrase's dual-edge. For example: The two had been fighting for a month, but around others it was all sweetness and light. Depending upon sense-of-humour, some may use the phrase with mild irony. Sweetness and light is an English idiom that can be used in common speech, either as statement of personal happy consciousness, (though this may be viewed by natives as being a trifle in earnest) or as literal report on another person. For the single by Itch-E and Scratch-E, see Sweetness and Light (song). For the extended play by Lush, see Sweetness and Light (EP). This article is about the English-language idiom.
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