Batter my Heart Ideas (1 Viewer)

[bored of sc]

Could people please give me thoughts, ideas, context, notes etc on the following poem by John Donne


[SIZE=+1]74.[/SIZE] [SIZE=+1]"Batter my heart, three person'd God; for, you"[/SIZE]
B[SIZE=-1]ATTER[/SIZE] my heart, three person'd God; for, you[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE]
As yet but knocke, breathe, shine, and seeke to mend;[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE]
That I may rise, and stand, o'erthrow mee,'and bend[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE]
Your force, to breake, blowe, burn and make me new.[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE]
I, like an usurpt towne, to'another due,[SIZE=-2] 5[/SIZE]
Labour to'admit you, but Oh, to no end,[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE]
Reason your viceroy in mee, mee should defend,[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE]
But is captiv'd, and proves weake or untrue.[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE]
Yet dearely'I love you,'and would be loved faine,[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE]
But am betroth'd unto your enemie:[SIZE=-2] 10[/SIZE]
Divorce mee,'untie, or breake that knot againe;[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE]
Take mee to you, imprison mee, for I[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE]
Except you'enthrall mee, never shall be free,[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE]
Nor ever chast, except you ravish mee.

 

[Aerath]

I sorta chose the easy way out because the poem was a little hard to read - so I chose to 'help' out in context. Not sure I helped - because I just Googled - but he seemed really interesting, I'll probably read about this in the holidays, if I have time.

Some sites to consider (although they're pulled off first page google): Wiki and this.

Have you ever consider www.jstor.com/? I used that site for context in regards to Thomas More's Utopia. I'm sure they'd have notes about John Donne - I'll do a search for you later on.

 

[bored of sc]

Cheers

 

[kaz1]

didnt understand a word in that poem

 

[x.Exhaust.x]

didnt understand a word in that poem

LOL Same. I wish I could help bored of sc...But 'analysing' poems is my weakness =[. Good luck with it though...