'Review on John Donne’s ‘Holy Sonnet 14’\r'

'Poem: consecrated sonnet XIV Name of author: flush toilet Donne Imprisoned In the poem blessed Sonnet XIV, can buoy Donne writes close to the antithetic imprisonments of purport. In his poem he is by intelligence activity that he has fall for the temptations of paragons enemy, the fanatic, and he is request paragon to break the hold the devil has on him. bathroom portrays that he is pin down and bound by the evils of the devil, and he wishes to be â€Å" disarticulated”(11) from the devil to be erstwhile once more captive by the cut of theology, either stylus he retires he â€Å"never shall be free”(13).The stain John is making in this poem is that he loves beau ideal and no longstanding wishes to live with the sins and imprisonment of the devil, nevertheless quite a be â€Å"enthralled”(13) by idol. John first speaks of theology as a â€Å"three-personed God”(1), meaning God is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Throughout the poem John is at a fallen state, where he has fallen so hard it would be approximately impossible for him to alone break the alignment that he has with the devil, to be righteous and deal God. John is asking God to answer him in breaking the bond, asking to â€Å" whip”(1) his heart for God, breaking the unholy bond, the meshwork that he has with the devil.John wishes to be the God-loving person he knows he is. John needs God’s powerful ways to discharge him a new person, today virtually call it a â€Å"born-again worshiper”, and John so disadvantageously wants God to â€Å" direct me new”(4). John feels as if he has been taken over by the devil. John is pleading his case in this poem, to God as to why God should help him, defend him, save him, and make him new. This poem is like Johns prayer, pleading to God his reasoning in why God should help him, since God is his â€Å"viceroy”(7) that he should want to defend him.John is trapped as if he is held captive, and is weak and untrue to God, but at the same conviction simmer down departingly and joyfully loves God. John uses the word â€Å"betrothed”(10) to emphasize that he has been tied, or engaged to the devil in his actions and wished to be â€Å"divorced”(11). John is saying he is bound by the devil and doesn’t want to be imprisoned by the devil, but instead be imprisoned by God. It’s like no matter what channel John is on, whether it is the path of the devil, or the path of God, he will be imprisoned either way and never be free.John grew up as a believer in God and he eventually grew to be cognise as â€Å"The Great Priest” by many people. A great non-Christian priest doesn’t have to stray to furthest from God to feel as John mat in this poem because no one sin is greater than the other. This was non the first time John had felt he had strayed forth from God â€Å"divorce me, untie, or break that knot againà ¢â‚¬Â(11). The Holy Sonnet XIV is about a man who felt as if he strayed away from God and how badly he wants God to help him admit guts on the right track, sustentation for Him.John was catholic at a time when anti-catholic sentiment was common. He began to question his confidence when his brother Henry died. John then soon struggled near poverty to accept his family for almost 10 years. With him being in hard times and straying away from his religion, to then come to pick back up into his religion is an example of his life and what he wanted people to know by reading this poem. After he got back to his normal life, in religion, he then became the priest that we know him to be today.\r\n'