Holy Sonnet 14
- Created by: Freddie Kitchen
- Created on: 27-05-13 10:12
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- Holy Sonnet 14
- Structure
- Petrarchan structure but with rhyming couplet; ABBAABBAC DCDEE
- Traditionally a love poem- he makes it more sexual and violent. STRIKING
- Lots of punctuation- fragmented syntax reflects internal conflict. ' I, like a usurped town, to another due,'
- Petrarchan structure but with rhyming couplet; ABBAABBAC DCDEE
- Imagery
- God as a craftsman repairing a damaged vessel 'knock, breathe shin and seek to mend' +ve connotations vs. 'break, blow burn'.
- Alliteration of violent consonants 'break, blow, burn' mirrors violent tone.
- This is also biblical language; 'behold i stand at the door and knock' and 'thieves who break through and steal'
- Military language; 'usurped town' 'to another due' Violence in military semantic field. Satan has usurped him (he is vulnerable/ victimises himself?)
- 'viceroy' is a someone who rules on behalf of an absent sovereign. Gives Devil power
- Marriage; 'but i am betrothed unto your enemy' woman married against will (AO4)- makes himself female and victim again.
- Donne as a woman; 'labour to admit you' = womanly pain. Also 'weak' and 'untrue' have connotations of female infidelity
- cannot be 'free' or 'chaste' as 'betrothed'. 'Divorce me' blasphemous. Anglican belief; ;'those who God hath joined together, let no man put assunder'
- AO4
- Paradox also found in Jesus' teachings 'he who loses life shall find it'
- Neoplatonism- Donne's use of paradox may come from his belief that the competing demands of the body and soul are a paradox
- AO4
- Holy trinity; 'three personned God.'
- Strong feeling; 'yet deary I love you' something he never says to his mistresses.
- God as a craftsman repairing a damaged vessel 'knock, breathe shin and seek to mend' +ve connotations vs. 'break, blow burn'.
- Techniques
- 'renews a jaded religious language'
- Alliteration of violent consonants 'break, blow, burn' mirrors violent tone.
- Lists 'break, blow, burn' etc. quicken pace and adds drama. Dismissive? or fearful?
- God as a craftsman repairing a damaged vessel 'knock, breathe shin and seek to mend' +ve connotations vs. 'break, blow burn'.
- This is also biblical language; 'behold i stand at the door and knock' and 'thieves who break through and steal'
- God as a craftsman repairing a damaged vessel 'knock, breathe shin and seek to mend' +ve connotations vs. 'break, blow burn'.
- power of 3; religious number ('3 personned God' 'break, blow, burn'
- Paradox; Must remain 'chaste' but asks God to 'ravish me'. Sexual connotations extremely inappropriate/ blasphemous
- Imperatives 'take me to you' 'imprison me' subservient yet demanding- PARADOX
- AO4
- Paradox also found in Jesus' teachings 'he who loses life shall find it'
- Neoplatonism- Donne's use of paradox may come from his belief that the competing demands of the body and soul are a paradox
- Structure
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