Poetry For All

Episode 7: John Donne, Holy Sonnet 14



October 14th, 2020  •  15 mins 54 secs  •  Download (11.2 MB)  •  Link with Timestamp

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This week we look at one of John Donne's Holy Sonnets from the seventeenth century. This famous poem (#14, "Batter my heart") turns a poetic tradition of love and longing to religious ends, earnestly seeking God and questioning whether union with God will ever be achieved.