John Donne

What does Donne tell the reader about his religion and attitude to the two established Churches in his sonnets? Refer to Sonnet 18 and at least one other poem in your answer. John Donne was born into a prosperous Roman Catholic family during the reign of Elizabeth I, when England was anti-Catholic. Thousands of Catholics were prosecuted and killed in horrific ways if they were caught practising their faith. At a time when Britain and Spain …showed first 75 words of 1346 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1346 total…family who have given up so much in order to practice their own faith. He feels he doesn’t belong to any of the Churches, the sense of guilt stop him fully devoting himself to Protestant and the sense of rejection keeps him with the Catholic Church. Since his sonnets were written at a time of grief and desperation it is no wonder he felt guilty and rejected which resulted in his fear of death.