Poetry Focus Statement, 5 by Deborah Livingston https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j Made with big dreams en-us 2016-12-08 15:46:52 UTC 2025-11-01 23:13:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Jelani Johnson jelani_johnson https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142656354 In "If Thou Must Love Me", Elizabeth Browning creates a passionate and desperate speaker who stresses the intimate responsibility of confessing ones love for another.     

In "Batter My Heart", John Donne creates an apologetic



]]> 2016-12-08 19:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142656354 Tyra Collins tyraalexiscollins https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142656620 In "If Thou Must Love Me" Elizabeth Barrett Browning creates a passionate and honorable speaker whose explanation of a love based on what is true and genuine as opposed to the superficial, ever changing traits of a young love such as physical features

In "Batter My Heart", John Donne.


]]> 2016-12-08 19:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142656620 Kennedy Keuper kennedypayten05 https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142656692 In "If Thou Must Love Me," Elizabeth Browning establishes a speaker that expresses sincerity by not wanting to be loved for her physical features or the things that "may be changed," so that whomever may love her, their love will last eternity.

In "Batter My Heart," ]]> 2016-12-08 19:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142656692 Tatiana Mclaren tatimclaren https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142656711 In "If Thou Must Love Me" Elizabeth Barret Browning creates a heartfelt and sincere speaker who expresses her desire to be loved, not for external features or ways that can change overtime , for "love's sake " ( who she is apart from her physical attributes.)]]> 2016-12-08 19:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142656711 Laurel Patterson laurel_patterson https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142656751 In "If Thou Must Love Me," Elizabeth Browning establishes a speaker of sincerity who explains that they do not want to be loved for the aspects of her that may change, but to love her forever entirely for loves sake to prove to the reader that loving the characteristics of someone is not eternal love because those are things that can change.

In "Batter My Heart," John Donne suggests a desparate speaker who is longing to feel God's grace to prove to the reader that God's love is close no matter how lost you feel.]]> 2016-12-08 19:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142656751 Sean Hu sean_hu https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142656791 In "If Thou Must Love Me", Browning creates a displeased speaker who is disappointed with the lack of sincerity in her relationship, to establish the desire of being truly loved. 

In "Batter My Heart", Donne expresses himself as one of helpless despair and desperation who seeks the clemency of his soul which seemed to have been shattered by a multitude of sins, proving that God's forgiveness extends to all. ]]> 2016-12-08 19:05:11 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142656791 Rebeca Alegria rockstar_1286 https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142656891 In "In Thou Must Love Me," Elizabeth Barrett Browning creates a sincere and frustrated speaker who reflects a lack of love in her relationship ]]> 2016-12-08 19:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142656891 Judith Santibanez judithhh71 https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657045 In "If Thou Must Love Me," Elizabeth Browning creates an affirmative and committed speaker who uses her intensity to address the issue of loving someone for physical characteristics that will deteriorate over time and to rather love someone for aspects that go beyond tangibility and come from genuine sincerity. 

In "Batter My Heart," John Donne creates a longing and desperate speaker who passionately expresses his desire to become fully separated from evil in order to become fully consumed in God's wrath that he severely aches for.]]> 2016-12-08 19:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657045 Any Ojeda aojeda0921 https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657187 In "If Thou Must Love Me," Elizabeth Barrett Browning creates a candid and intense speaker who reflects upon the fundamental meaning about true love when thinking about her love in order to prove to the reader that true love is everlasting, undermining the durability of physical features while praising love's sincerity and eternity. 

In "Batter My Heart," John Donne creates a desperate and urgent speaker  who pleads for salvation from God, saving himself from the sins and evils of the world, emphasizing the connection and salvation faith brings to one in the midst of dangers. ]]> 2016-12-08 19:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657187 Lindsay McDonough lindsay_mcdonough https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657311 In "if thou must love me," Browning creates a genuine speaker who reflects upon what she believes love truly means in order to inform the reader that love is unconditional and is Not just about the little things 


In "batter my heart," Donne creates a determined speaker who asks God to give him strength and pull him away from the 'enemy,' or the evil in the world.]]> 2016-12-08 19:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657311 Danielle Lopez lopezdanielle98 https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657357 In "If Thou Must Love Me" Elizabeth Barrett Browning develops a very self assuring and confident speaker who craves a specific love, telling the reader that a love through physical features will soon fade, but loving the person for them self is eternal.


John Donne in "Batter My Heart" exposes a despairing and hopeless man who is passionately begging God for cleansing, as he is sure that his undeniable devotion will “break the tie” from his sins. 
]]> 2016-12-08 19:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657357 Caroline Martin carolinemarie_331 https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657365 In "If Thou Must Love Me," Elizabeth Browning creates a speaker who demonstrates great sincerity in their efforts to find a genuine love ]]> 2016-12-08 19:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657365 Lauren Siojo lauren_siojo https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657383 In "thou must love me," Elizabeth Barrett Browning demonstrates sincerity through the development of the speaker as they profess their intimate, more deeply sentimental meaning of love that they hope their partner shares proving that the physicalities in life aren't everlasting nor do they withstand "love's eternity."

In "Batter my heart," John Donne illustrates a dissatisfied, longing speaker for God's grace in need of a spiritual reawakenin , communicating his devotion in spite of his bondage with the enemy to prove that ]]> 2016-12-08 19:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657383 Evelyn Quiroz Evelyn_Q https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657478 In "If Thou Must Love Me", Elizabeth Browning creates a compassionate and loving speaker who is adressing their loved one to relay their message of unconditional love. 

In "Batter My Heart", John Donne creates a devoted speaker, desperate for the love of his god. The speaker of the poem displays the satisfaction and comfort he finds within his relationship with god.]]> 2016-12-08 19:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657478 Josh Fink joshuaryan_fink https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657485 In "If Thou Must Love Me", Elizabeth Browning conveys a speaker of self-awareness and love, which provides insight on the idea of love being more than what is on the outside, but to be everlasting and unconditional.]]> 2016-12-08 19:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657485 Stephanie stephanie_alvarez https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657511 In "If Thou Must Love Me," Elizabeth Browning creates a compassionate speaker who sincerely reflects their deep concern for the way loving relationships are formed which establishes an insightful tone that provides guidelines for the reader so they do not develop a superficial love.

In "Batter My heart," John Donne  creates a disheartened and despairing speaker who earnestly reflects upon his unworthiness for gods love but realizes his feelings reveal the unending, ever forgiving compassion of god and confides in god knowing he will save him.]]> 2016-12-08 19:06:47 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657511 Ariel Sandoval ariel_sandoval https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657806 In "If Thou Must Love Me," Elizabeth Browning establishes a somewhat assertive tone telling her love that he must love her for the non physical things in order to fully experience the gifts love has to offer through the depths of time.


]]> 2016-12-08 19:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142657806 Julia Hyun julia_hyun https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142658015 In “If Thou Must Love Me,” Elizabeth Browning creates a compassionate yet concerning speaker who reflects upon love of her relationship to love her on not her physical features to show the reader on meaning of unconditional love.


]]> 2016-12-08 19:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142658015 Kathy Htoo sheepoe1 https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142658095 In "If Thou Must Love Me" Browning establishes a loving tone through the wanting of authentic love. It stresses how physical things should not be of love but what's within a persons heart. 

In "Batter My Heart" John Donne displays a desperate tone by asking God to break him more so he will not be apart of sin. He wants the devil/sin to " divorce " him and he wants God to never let go of him and to always keep him under his arms. ]]> 2016-12-08 19:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142658095 In "If Thou Must Love Me," Elizabeth Barret Browning creates a sabrina_aguilera https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142659325 2016-12-08 19:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142659325 Meghan Butler meghan_butler https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142659443 In "If Thou Must Love Me," Elizabeth Barrett Browning communicates a theme of a deep profound love that is unbreakable by using a tone that of aut]]> 2016-12-08 19:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142659443 Hannah Mascorro hemascorro0113 https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142659568 In "If Thou Must Love Me," Elizabeth Barrett Browning establishes a critical yet compassionate speaker who reflects upon loves true meaning, proving to the reader that love is not shown through changeable actions, but through the sincerity of love and the eternity of the feeling.

In "Batter My Heart," John Donne creates a desperate and self-sacrificing speaker who craves for God to renew his soul and break his commitment to the enemy, showing the reader no one can be too far away from God's forgiveness and love.]]> 2016-12-08 19:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142659568 Christine Dyal christine_dyal https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142659808 In "If Thou Must Love Me", Elizabeth Barrett Browning ...]]> 2016-12-08 19:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142659808 Mia Patteson miapatteson https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142659986 In "If Thou Must Love Me" the speaker etablishes tone ]]> 2016-12-08 19:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142659986 sabrina_aguilera https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142660266 2016-12-08 19:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142660266 Sabrina Aguilera sabrinaaguilera https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142660647 In "If Thou Must Love Me," Elizabeth Barrett Browning creates a firm but warm hearted tone in which the speaker tells their lover to love for the sake of loving her, rather than a physical aspect that can change, establishing her views on true and eternal love.]]> 2016-12-08 19:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142660647 Skylar mireles skylar_mireles https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142660673 In "thou must love me" , Elizabeth ]]> 2016-12-08 19:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142660673 Ariel Sandoval ariel_sandoval https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142660688 In "Batter My Heart," the author John Donne, displays a tone of guilt and asks God to love and forgive him for his relationship with the devil. He wants to be closer to God and free from the devil's grasp.]]> 2016-12-08 19:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142660688 McKenzie Kotara mckenzie_kotara https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142660934 AHHHHHHH]]> 2016-12-08 19:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142660934 Sabrina Aguilera sabrinaaguilera https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142662253 In "Batter My Heart," John Donne creates a heroic and self sacrificing narrator, who wishes to be broken and reborn to free himself of war with his enemies, and instead learn the restul peace of forgiveness and love of God.]]> 2016-12-08 19:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_livingston/ty6ioevbii7j/wish/142662253