Batter my heart, three-personed God- John Donne

In Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God by John Donne, we become aware of the many paradoxes in the poem. It is evident that the speaker is dealing with an issue that is tearing him apart. "I love you but a, betrothed to your enemy" is an example of one of the paradoxes used. The speaker is talking to God, telling him he loves him but belongs to Satan. In other words, he needs God's help. The speaker is weak and a prisoner to the vices that he has involved himself with. So much so, that he asks God to imprison him so that he is free from sin. This is another paradox within the poem showing how he was asking for God's help. He wanted to get away from sin so bad that he wanted to be imprisoned. Imprisonment does not come with freedom; in fact, all your freedom is taken away from you. For the speaker to feel so desperate that he sees freedom in being imprisoned, shows his desperation to get away from his style of life.