John Donnes The Holy Sonnets Essay -- Donne Holy Sonnets Religion Ess

John Donnes The Holy Sonnets By making many references to the Bible, John Donnes Holy Sonnets reveal his want to be accepted and forgiven by God. A fear of death without Gods forgiveness of sins is conveyed in these sonnets. Donne expresses extreme anxiety and fright that Satan has taken over his soul and God wont forgive him for it or his sins. A central theme of healing and forgiveness imply that John Donne, however much he wrote about God and being beatified, wasnt such a holy man all of the time and tried to make up for it in his writing. In sonnet 1, the speaker is talking to God. He tells God that his death is near. He feels that with all of the sins he has committed he is leaning towards hell instead of heaven. Satan has tempted him too much and he doesnt know if he can stock-still go an hour without giving in to Satans evil ways. The speaker asks God to give him wings so that he may ascend into heaven and stay fresh Satan from taking him to hell. There is a sense of manipu lation in the speaker in the beginning of the sonnet. Thou hast made me, and shall thy work decay? In other words, Youre making your own creation look bad if you dont help me to become holy again. This starts out the sonnet with a bitter tone, a aureate way for Donne to begin. But in the end, the speaker is pleading God to give him wings, ending the sonnet with a sense of desperation. The worried tone of the last a few(prenominal) lines is a rather common one in the Holy Sonnets. It exhibits the r...