1. Holy sonnet follows the same structure as Shakespeare's sonnets including three quatrains and a couplet. The author took his own take on the sonnet and changed the rhyme scheme. Sonnets aren't always full of lightheartedness, Donne expresses the theme of death in his sonnet whereas Shakespeare pours out his love in Sonnet 18.
2. Within the sonnet, several of instances of imagery are displayed including, " three person'd God", " Divorce me" and "imprison me". The point of these lines is to express the discontent for his life and sins and to bring about the theme of death and separation.
3. In most poems, sexual references or reoccurring symbols are often found hidden in the true meaning of the text. Holy Sonnet 14 has several examples of sexual phrases yet, they are not the typical. "Except you ravish me", is referring to the term rape. This is a juxtaposition between moral and heavenly love, where John Donne seeks God's forgiveness through violence giving the "holy" to the sexual terms.
4. The effect of repetition and word choice makes the poem more intense. The words "love" and "me" are repeated multiple times throughout the poem. Although the poem isn't about love, the "me" expresses his personal sufferings with the poem, making it original.
5. The metaphors and similes in this poem, reveal an inner message within the actual text of the poem. Donne mentions the phrase "batter my heart" meaning he wants God to beat his heart just as beating an object. Donne somewhat compares himself to the suffering Jesus had when he died for our sin, suggesting he wants to repent by taking upon acts of violence.
6. The mood of the poem is significantly negative because it refers to death and violence although God is associated with the poem. Many people would think of "holy" as a positive term although within the history of religion, many "holy" events have been violent and caused much suffering. The subject wants to be hurt by God, for forgiveness and feels as though it is the only way to achieve his love.

Leda and the swan



1. The poet plays with the story of Leda and Zeus by referencing to the story. Zeus turns into a swan and raped Leda causing her to bear her children while she is married to another man. In the poem, the allusions are made through bird like characteristics and sexual connotations.

2. Throughout the poem, there are several instances of imagery and diction. Examples include, "strange heart beating", "brute blood of air", and "terrified vague fingers". These rhetorical devices contribute to the poem by adding character and emotion or to enhance the readers imagination.

3.  Yeats uses many sexual phrases such as "her nape caught in his bill", "feathered glory from her loosening thighs" and "holds her helpless breast upon his breast". The speaker uses these phrases to explain, in detail, how Zeus raped Leda in form of a swan.

4. The speakers tone and attitude in the poem is quite enthusiastic and not quite depressing or somber.

5. All of the questions are most likely asked in this poem to make the reader question the idea of theme of the poem as well as what may happen next.

6. This poem is a sonnet with 14 lines and an iambic pentameter. The poem contains 2 stanzas with 4 lines and a final stanza with 6 lines and one separating it in half.