... the Ptolemaic model of the universe, which has the Earth at the centre and all the astral bodies fixed in 'spheres' around it. Holy Sonnets and Divine Meditations: Here Donne investigates issues of eternal and inescapable significance. Sin, repentance and death have always forced mankind to examine ... his faith and therefore demand an emotional response. Donne honestly and dramatically confronts these issues in all their complexity. The tone of his holy sonnets are often cathartic and introspective, penitential and devotional. There is a sense of s own unworthiness before God and his fe...

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• Grade Level: High School

... opens with a forceful command addressed to a "three person'd God". This phrase is typically used to describe the Trinity which is a Christian idea that God is simultaneously the father, son and holy spirit. One critic states that this choice of words establishes the "Lover" in such a way that he is not a specific individual. "The phrase three person'd God," for example, identifies the male ... at the same time. "Mysteriously, our love for God is linguistically and psychologically inextricable from our lust" (Kerrigan 362). These words appropriately summarize the most frequently discusse...

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