The poem emotionally appealing and with such invigorating language, is easily translatable as a sermon. The reader could easily manipulate the tone of the poem with slight incensed articulation by accenting the poem as horrifying, delightful, spiritually persuasive or even amusing tone. Throughout the reading of this sonnet, despite its recognition towards God, the sonnet still mimics the consistency Donne always had in his poetry. Consider the plethora of emotional content in this poem. It is hard to pin down one singular emotion. The emotions in Holy Sonnet Fourteen advance on a continuum like the wavelength of colors presented in a rainbow. Although the poem as a reaction to secularism is not obvious, consider his satires. His satires dealt with human instincts, corruption in the legal system and the problems of true religion. (Honig, 37) Hence most of these satires dealt with secular problems. His biggest obsession sex, masked as...
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