Batter My Heart

This poem is directly addressing God. Therefore, it is an apostrophe. A cpuple times it references verbs in groups of three. These verbs ciuld be used to be describing the trinity. They "knock, breathe, shine" and "break, blow, burn". The speaker in this poem is addressing himself as an usurped town. He is asking God to save him from evil and make him a follower. In order for him to be saved, he needs to pray to God and hope for forgiveness.