In the last line of this sonnet, to what does Donne compare the onslaught of God’s love?

Answer each of the following questions on page 405 in the Textbook in paragraph form.
1. In the last line of this sonnet, to what does Donne compare the onslaught of God’s love?
Do you think the poem is weakened by the poet’s comparing a spiritual experience to something so grossly carnal?
Discuss using evidence from the text.
2. Explain the seeming contradiction in the last line: in what sense can a ravished person be “chaste”? Explain the seeming contradiction in lines 3-4 and 12-13: how can a person thrown down and destroyed be enabled to “rise and stand”; an imprisoned person be “free”?
5. Sum up the message of Donne’s poem in your own words. In stating its theme, did you have to read the poem for literal meanings, figurative comparisons, or both?
from the poemBilingual/Bilingüe
BY RHINA P. ESPAILLATBilingual/
1. Espaillat’s poem is full of Spanish words and phrases (Even the title is given in both languages.) What does the Spanish add to the poem? Could we remove the phrases without changing the poem?
3. How does the daughter respond to the father’s request to leave English outside their home?
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2. Compare some of Moss’s lines to the corresponding lines in Shakespeare’s sonnet. Why is “Even in May, the weather can be gray” less interesting than the original? In the lines on the sun (5-6 in both versions), what has Moss’s modifications deliberately left out? Why is Shakespeare’s seeing death as a braggart memorable? Why aren’t you greatly impressed by Moss’s last two lines?Questions:

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