Potpourri Unit 3

     In Batter my heart, three-personed God by John Donne, the speaker wants God to break through to his heart so he can release him from Satan.  He loves God even though he lusts for Satan.  He is asking God for help to use his power to keep him away from the devil.  The last few lines is a paradox that shows how much the speaker wants to be free of Satan.  He says "Take me to you, imprison me, for I, Except you enthrall me, never shall be free. . ." (11-12).  The speaker is saying that he wants God to save him from Satan only if God can imprison him.  He will only be free if he is enslaved under God's power.  The speaker contradicts himself but is true in all that he says.  It is in God's hands to save him.  He told God that he loves him but it is God that has to take him in His hands.