Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOLY SONNET: 5, by JOHN DONNE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am a little world made cunningly Last Line: Of thee and thy house, which doth in eating heal. Variant Title(s): "holy Sonnets: 15;microcosm;""i Am A Little World Made Cunningly""; Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Sin; Theology | ||||||||
I am a little world made cunningly Of elements, and an angelic sprite; But black sin hath betrayed to endless night My world's both parts, and O, both parts must die. You which beyond that heaven which was most high Have found new spheres, and of new lands can write, Pour new seas in mine eyes, that so I might Drown my world with my weeping earnestly, Or wash it if it must be drowned no more. But O, it must be burnt! Alas, the fire Of lust and envy have burnt it heretofore, And made it fouler; let their flames retire, And burn me, O Lord, with a fiery zeal Of Thee and Thy house, which doth in eating heal. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A HYMN TO CHRIST, AT THE AUTHOR'S LAST GOING INTO GERMANY by JOHN DONNE |
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