This is an analysis of Holy Sonnet Xiv by John Donne.
Batter my heart, three-person'd God, for you
As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacXcddd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 10111100111 1111111101 111111100111 1101111111 11111110001 10100111011 10110011101 10100111101 11001111011 11100101100 0110111101 1101010111 01100110101 1101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
and, me