Donne uses a more violent, hands-on way of describing their relationship when most Christians could not imagine looking at God like that. Unlike most poets who talk about love and relationships as a perfect, beautiful thing, Donne embraces the dark side and reveals quite the opposite. It can also be taken that he loves God so much that he wants God to make him hit rock bottom in order to be built back up in the way he wants. However, Milton does not want anything corrupt or evil to happen to him, just so he can serve God in the “perfect” way. He learns at the end of the poem there is not a perfect way to serve Him. Overall in “Batter My Heart Three Person’d God” Donne wants bad things to happen to him so he can gain strength in God, whereas in “When I Consider How my Light is Spent” Milton stresses over the hardship he is faced
Donne uses a more violent, hands-on way of describing their relationship when most Christians could not imagine looking at God like that. Unlike most poets who talk about love and relationships as a perfect, beautiful thing, Donne embraces the dark side and reveals quite the opposite. It can also be taken that he loves God so much that he wants God to make him hit rock bottom in order to be built back up in the way he wants. However, Milton does not want anything corrupt or evil to happen to him, just so he can serve God in the “perfect” way. He learns at the end of the poem there is not a perfect way to serve Him. Overall in “Batter My Heart Three Person’d God” Donne wants bad things to happen to him so he can gain strength in God, whereas in “When I Consider How my Light is Spent” Milton stresses over the hardship he is faced