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andyellis New Member
since 2002-06-28
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I am attempting a close examination of this Sonnet. Can anyone suggest a meaning for the line - "Three personn'd god" Most grateful. |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
My thoughts?.. Existance is something of a trinity, isn't it...?? Body - Mind - Soul Thought - Word - Deed  |
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Stephanos
since 2000-07-31
Posts 3618Statesboro, GA, USA |
John Donne is no doubt referring that God has revealed himself in three "persons", ie Father, Son and Holy Spirit... or the "trinity". Stephen. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Taking apart a poem line by line is tricky at best; perhaps to read it as a whole, one might think he "personified" God...and it was a trick of poetic license to write "personn'd" God |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Interesting thought Kari - in my studies of Donne I learned that while he did in fact use a lot of puns in the Holy Sonnets 'three person'd God' most definitely referred to the trinity. Donne's basic premise for 14 was essentially a metaphor comparing God as a ram, and the subject as a fortress whose gates are sin. To tie into the trinity a lot of the lines have 3 actions like: 'Your force, to break, blow, burn' 'Divorce me, untie or break that knot' etc (I figure it's safe to do a tiny analysis here since this was posted nearly a month ago) I'll stop before I write a novel...  K |
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