a Hymn To God To Father

John Donne probably wrote this meter in 1623, after he had recovered from a serious bout of the spotted feverishness which gripped London in an epidemic that year. There is a authorization in this poems tone, which gives the reader the impression that Donne has effrontery of divinity fudges favor to him. He has been saved from a disease which was in truth often fatal, and the speaker of the poem seems to be baiting immortal a bit in this song-like poem of eighteen lines.
The poem is in three stanzas of sise lines each, each turn backing with When cat valium has done, though has not done / For I conduct more than. In each stanza the speaker holds up his evils to god (and these confessions, while couched in this punning, sometimes daring tone, are nonetheless sincere), and he hopes that God will forgive him for these things. But, with a dark glee, the sinner assures God that he has more of these sins the sinner is a collection of many a(prenominal) sins, and God has his work cut out for him to do the forgiving. He begins with original sin (the belief that certain Christian sects have that Adam and Eves sin in the garden of Eden were passed down to all humanity), and then progresses on to sins that he has brought others to (…made my sin their door line 8), to a sin of fear (line 13).



 The speaker is begging forgiveness of God, but he is like a difficult child taunting his heighten with ever increasing transgressions.
The puns in refrain lines at the end of each stanza have to do with names. Done which is repeated sixsome times, refers to Donnes own name, and more, which ends each stanza, refers to his wife Anne more thans maiden name. The meaning of these puns seems to be to add a certain levity to this poem, and may mean either than his wife incites him to more sin, or, perhaps, she is his consolation for his sins.
The reference is tinged with sadness, however, because Anne More Dunne died in 1617, some six years before this poem was written. The final line reads I fear no more, meaning after he dies his sins of fear...If you expect to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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