Find quotes from this poem, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Religion Quotes
Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend Your force, to break, blow, burn, and make me new...
Love Quotes
Batter my heart, three-person'd God; (line 1)
Sex Quotes
o'erthrow me, and bend Your force (lines 3-4)
Violence Quotes
Batter my heart, three-person'd God (line 1)
Warfare Quotes
I, like an usurp'd town, to another due, Labour to admit you, but O, to no end. Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend, But is captived, and proves weak or untrue. (lines 5-8)