"Batter my heart, three-person'd God, for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new. I, like an usurp'd town to'another due, Labor to'admit you, but oh, to no end; Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend, But is captiv'd, and proves weak or untrue. Yet dearly'I love you, and would be lov'd fain, But am betroth'd unto your enemy; Divorce me,'untie or break that knot again, Take me to you, imprison me, for I, Except you'enthrall me, never shall be free, Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me. "------------------------------------------------- What is the paradox in the first quatrain? -------------------To what is the speaker compared to?------------Can the first three verbs of the parallels lines 2 and 4 be taken as addresses to the specific person of trinity(father,son,holy spirit)?If so to which are "knock" and "break" addressed? "Breathe" and "blow"? "Shine" and "burn"
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Take a deep breath and read through the poem very slowly a couple times. Take note of the punctuation; that might help you understand what the sentences are saying in spite of their unfamiliar structure. Once you can make sense of the poem, you should be able to answer your assigned questions. Good luck with your homework!