The correct answer is 4: The speaker implores God to use violence to break him so that he can be made new.
In this Holy Poem 14, “Batter my Heart”, by John Donne, the poet is addressing God directly and he is implying that the usual way God enters into everybody’s life is not enough for the poet. The poet does not need gentle manners: to knock, to shine, to mend.
On the other hand, in order to let God get into his life, he needs a tough hand: to force, to brake, to blow and burn. This is likely because the poet might consider his soul and heart are too corrupt for such gentle ways.
The paradox, or apparently contradictory idea, here is to attach God such a violent behavior.
Answer:
power of the press i think
Explanation:
press has lots of power
Answer: 2. by determining the central idea of each paragraph, 3. by identifying the most important details used to support the central idea of each paragraph, 5. by summarizing the central idea and key details of each paragraph in a single sentence and 6. by finding the common element among the central ideas throughout the text.
Explanation: To trace how an author develops a central idea throughout a text can be very helpful to really understand the structure of a text and even be able to reproduce it when we are writing an essay or any other kind of text. To do it, we need to find the central idea of each paragraph and the details that support that idea, it is very helpful if we condense those two things in one sentence, and finally we find the elements in common about the central ideas in the whole text.