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Holy Sonnets

poetry by Donne
Also known as: “Divine Meditations”, “Divine Sonnets”
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Holy Sonnets, series of 19 devotional poems by John Donne that were published posthumously in 1633 in the first edition of Songs and Sonnets. The poems are characterized by innovative rhythm and imagery and constitute a forceful, immediate, personal, and passionate examination of Donne’s love for God, depicting his doubts, fears, and sense of spiritual unworthiness. Among the best-known verses of the series are “Thou hast made me,” “I am a little world,” “At the...

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