Read the excerpt below and answer the question. batter my heart, three-person’d 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. ("holy sonnet xiv: batter my heart”; lines 1-4) is a paradox that is represented in these lines. 1: christianity is a religion that recognizes only one god, yet the speaker refers to three gods 2: the speaker wishes to stand, but is too weak to do so on his own 3: the speaker sees his god as forgiving when, in fact, he is violent and cruel 4: the speaker implores god to use violence to break him so that he can be made new

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.

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