John Donne's
Batter my Heart, Three-personed God is a sonnet, once a part of a group called "Holy Sonnets." The speaker is addressing God throughout the sonnet. He uses a seemingly aggressive tone, which, to me, shows disguised fear. The speaker uses parallel lines to convey a message.
"As yet but knock, breath, shine, and seek to mend" (Donne, 840).
"Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new" (Donne, 840).
These parallel lines allow the reader to see who the speaker is addressing with each verb. Knock and break are representing the Son. This is because we all know Jesus is knocking on our door and also broke the tables in the market. Breath and blow represent The Father. He breathed life into us and blew the storm that caused the flood. Shine and burn address the Holy Spirit. We know the Holy Spirit has appeared to us through the burning bush.
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