Holy Sonnets

by John Donne · 1631

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Holy Sonnets by John Donne are a series of nineteen poems originally written in 1609-1610 and have been tied to Donne's conversion to Anglicanism. These poems of John Donne have become some of his most highly regarded and most popular works.

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Included are Holy Sonnet 10 ("Death be not Proud") and Holy Sonnet 14 ("Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for you").

Themes
Christianreligionspirituality
Setting
Renaissance
Audience
adult
Length
short · 28 pages
Form
poetry

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