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    [pic] [pic] John Donne was born in Bread Street‚ London in 1572 to a prosperous Roman Catholic family - a precarious thing at a time when anti-Catholic sentiment was rife in England. His father‚ John Donne‚ was a well-to-do ironmonger and citizen of London. Donne’s father died suddenly in 1576‚ and left the three children to be raised by their mother‚ Elizabeth‚ who was the daughter of epigrammatist and playwright John Heywood and a relative of Sir Thomas More. [Family tree.] Donne’s first

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    The Process of Canonization The canonization process has existed in Catholic religion for centuries. This process is steeped with history‚ as well as tradition‚ and rewards people for their unwavering commitment and faith to Catholicism. The process is long‚ arduous‚ expensive‚ and eventually requires authorization from the highest of Catholic officials. This paper will review the history‚ requirements‚ and financial expenses involved in the process of canonization into sainthood. History

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    of those is John Donne. He was a priest and was known for addressing God directly in his poems. He has a personal relationship between him and god. Donne carried the metaphysical style in his writings‚ which were taken up by later poets; the other two under consideration here are George Herbert and Crashaw. Herbert decided when he began writing poetry at Cambridge‚ to devote his poetic works to God‚ he had less difficulty in adjusting from court life to religious life than did Donne. Crashaw was

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    Both John Donne and William Shakespeare view death with their opinions and we can see the differences straight from their poem. First of all‚ in John Donne¡¯s Holy Sonnet 10‚ he says that death is death and that death will never go away unless everything is dead. Donne‚ the Poet is pocking at death. Death itself dies when we wake in God’s arms‚ in heaven. "Though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful‚ for thou art not so" (line1 1-2). This shows how the speaker addresses death as a person and

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    The Holy Sonnets By making many references to the Bible‚ John Donne’s Holy Sonnets reveal his want to be accepted and forgiven by God. A fear of death without God’s forgiveness of sins is conveyed in these sonnets. Donne expresses extreme anxiety and fright that Satan has taken over his soul and God won’t 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 holy‚ wasn’t such a holy man all

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    The Canonization of Scripture Stephen Landrum Ottawa University Online The word canon has evolved over time to come to mean the official inventory of books‚ like that of Athanasius‚ that a religious community regards as its authoritative source of doctrinal and ethical beliefs. The word comes from the Greek kanwn and most likely from the Hebrew qaneh and Akkadian‚ qanu. Literally‚ it means a straight rod or bar; a measuring rule as a ruler used by masons and carpenters;

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    Poetry Analysis: "Batter My Heart‚ Three-Personed God‚ For You" John Donne’s "Batter My Heart‚ Three-Personed God‚ For You" is an Italian sonnet written in iambic pentameter. The poem is about a man who is desperately pleading with his God to change him. He feels imprisoned by his own sinful nature and describes himself as betrothed to the "Enemy" of God‚ namely Satan. The speaker has a truly passionate longing to be absolutely faithful to his God‚ but at the same time is rendered hopeless by the

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    Death In "Death‚ be not Proud‚" author John Donne writes down his thoughts pertaining to death. The message of this poem is that Christians‚ after death‚ will live eternally with Christ‚ thus defeating death. Donne uses this argument to state the fact that death should not be proud because Christ has overcome it by resurrecting from the dead. In essence‚ Donne wanted to encourage believers to not fear death because of the hope that heaven provides. John Donne was not the first to recognize that death

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    men and women should show an equal amount of emotion‚ yet they still do not. In John Donne’s poem‚ “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning‚” the author is leaving for some time and he remains unusually calm even though he will be without his wife. Through metaphors‚ Donne is able to explain to his wife that she needs to stay calm because their love is strong and they will surpass it all. In the first two stanzas‚ Donne utilizes one of the most bizarre and unromantic metaphors to explain why they should

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    The Broken Heart In “The Broken Heart” by John Donne‚ we see his angry attitude towards the nature of love. Donne uses the imagery of broken glass‚ he wrote it in first person point of view‚ and used verbal irony to show us his angry attitude toward the nature of love. The imagery of broken glass that Donne wrote “Those pieces still‚ though they be not unite/ and now‚ as broken glasses show (Line 28-29)” the line means that his heart is broken. When a mirror breaks on a person it means seven

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