Batter my Heart

This poem screams religious themes. The speaker is Cristian, as we now from the "three person" or trinity, and they speaker is a sinner who wants to find redemption. "Take me to you, imprison me, for I... never shall be free." (Donne) This poem has some very well written symbols and verbs. The speaker is trying to be forgiven for being a human, and they want God to do so in a very physical and destructive manner, so that they can be constructed with God. This ties into the Catholic belief in baptism, and how th water creates us anew with Jesus. In the Bible, God is portrayed both as a loving, forgiving god, juxtaposed to a spiteful, wrathful God. This person wants both sides of God so that they can be closer to Him.