Cunning elements: water, fire, and sacramental poetics in "I am a little world." (sonnet by John Donne): An article from: Philological Quarterly

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From the supplier: John Donne's sonnet entitled 'I am a little world' tells of the fear of damnation felt by the speaker in the poem and his desire to be purged with water or fire. The movement from water to fire in the poem is made through typological allusions to God's promise to Noah never to destroy the world again with flood, and to St. Peter's epistle which talks of the end of the world in a conflagration. The relationship between the flood and baptism is explored to gain an insight into the emotional force of the sonnet.

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Title: Cunning elements: water, fire, and sacramental poetics in "I am a little world." (sonnet by John Donne)
Author: Theresa M. DiPasquale
Publication:Philological Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1994
Publisher: University of Iowa
Volume: v73 Issue: n4 Page: p403(13)

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