Batter my heart, three-person’d god - John Donne :: English Literature

Batter my amount of money, three-persond deity - potty Donne1. The paradox in the first quatrain is that god is supposed to be agood person but in this poem he isnt. The verbaliser wants god todestroy him and remake him so he could have materialize at salvation. Thethree persond god represents the ways in which god will manifest his government agency in the task of braggart(a) the loudspeaker system salvation. The speaker iscompare to an usurped town in may ways. The speaker is compared to aland were two political parties are having a conflict. In the parallellines 2 and 4 knock and break represent god and how he uses directforce. Breath and blow represent the holy tactile sensation and how it is something you scum bag make. A spirit is not something you can feel. Burn andshine is Jesus and how he enlightened the people. The pun is how theheart represents the speakers believes. No matter what god does hecant change it. So he tells god to beat him into salvation.2. The speaker compares himself to and usurped town where there isconflict. idol is the minor political party or train of thought and the supplanter is the devil who is the dominating party. Reason plays a bigpart because as in partisan faction, citizens have the choice to chosetheir beliefs. The speaker is saying his crusade is leaning him towardsthe devil. This reason however is weak because god has absolute originatorand can change it at any time.3. The speaker compares himself to an unfaithful married woman who has beencaught and is taking her punishment willingly. The speaker alsocompares god to the absolute power of the husband in that era. Theenemy is compared to the devil who is the man that the wife is having