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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.

a.Christianity is a religion that recognizes only one God, yet the speaker refers to three Gods

b.The speaker wishes to stand, but is too weak to do so on his own

c.The speaker sees his God as forgiving when, in fact, he is violent and cruel

d.The speaker implores God to use violence to break him so that he can be made new

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Answer:

d.The speaker implores God to use violence to break him so that he can be made new

Explanation:

The speaker asks God directly to use his force on them to "break, blow and burn" so that the speaker can "rise, and stand" and be made new. This is a paradox because the speaker is basically asking to be struck down so he can rise again. Another paradox is that the speaker doesn't want God´s usually gentle treatment to "breathe, shine, and seek to mend", instead he asks for violence.

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