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;…

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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