BATTER MY HEART, THREE PERSON'D GOD

 BATTER MY HEART, THREE PERSON'D GOD

IGNOU MEG01 BLOCK-2 Unit-13 John Donne: Portrait of the Man, His Thematic and Technical Innovations and textual study of four Love Poems


Petrarchan Sonnet - an octave and a sestet

The rhyme scheme in the octave is a b b a a b b a

rhyme scheme of the sestet is c d c d d d

3 person’d - Father, The sone(Jesus) and The Holy Ghost


The word, 'batter' has an onomatopoeic ring, suggestive of continuous knocking or hammer strokes.



Batter-strike repeatedly with hard blows.

Usurp - A conquered town

Viceroy-a ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign.

Betrothed - Married

Enthral  -capture the fascinated attention of.



You can check out my YouTube videos on the same topic where I have explained everything in Hindi in detail. Links are below-


Block-3 The Metaphysical Poets: Donne, Herbert

Metaphysical poets Part 1 

Metaphysical poets Part 2

Life of John Donne 


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