This is the type of love that the persona of the poem believes he shares with his female partner Donne represents this love with an array of metaphors that emphasis the unearthly nature of there love. ... The mentioning of this inferior love heightens the responders feeling of the superior nature of true love, which, with absence does not brake but expands. ... In the holy sonnet batter my heart Donne uses violent paradoxes to explain more complex issues. ... In the sonnet Batter my heart Donne uses images of evil and torture. ...

• Word Count: 820
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School