... two he starts to complain about how little God has done in pushing his way through the gates of his town. He tells God to "o'erthrow me" demanding that God overthrow his town (soul) and take it over. The fourth line begins with Donne showing how God's power could break into the town and make it new. He uses powerful verbs such as "break, blow, burn" when describing God's powerful means. Then in lines five and six, Donne proclaims to God that he wants to let God into his heart but that he has failed in doing so. Although Donne takes responsibility for his failure in letting God in, he criticises god's viceroy (reasoning). In line seven, Donne shifts his feelings of self-remorse and turns them into criticisms of reason. He begins this shift by starting the sentence with "reason". Reason not only signifies a shift in his tone and ...

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