Multimodel Donne Annotation: Stage 1

XII.

Why are we by all creatures waited on ?
Why do the prodigal elements supply
Life and food to me, being more pure than I,
Simpler and further from corruption ?
Why brook'st thou, ignorant horse, subjection ?
Why dost thou, bull and boar, so sillily
Dissemble weakness, and by one man's stroke die,
Whose whole kind you might swallow and feed upon ?
Weaker I am, woe's me, and worse than you ;
You have not sinn'd, nor need be timorous.
But wonder at a greater, for to us
Created nature doth these things subdue ;
But their Creator, whom sin, nor nature tied,
For us, His creatures, and His foes, hath died.

Source:
Donne, John. Poems of John Donne. vol I.
E. K. Chambers, ed.
London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1896. 164.

Outside Sources:

1)
Fenner, Arthur. "Donne's Holy Sonnet XII". Explicator (1982): 14-15.
MLA International Bibliography. Web. 2 March 2010.
The source comes from Arthur Fenner of West Harwich, Massachusetts.
He evaluates the text of Sonnet XII and determines how it relates to the
other sonnets by Donne. Fenner goes into much detail explaining how
sonnet XII contains a structure of explicit argument. The poem does
not have any detailed imagery and very little figurative speech. He also
believes the poem revolves around three terms: Elements, Man, and Animals.

2)
Simpson, Arthur L., Jr. "Donne's Holy Sonnets, XII". Explicator (1969): 27. MLA International Bibliography. Web. 2 March 2010.
I have yet to receive a copy of this article but I did request it through Tech's library. The source comes straight from the schools archives, so it should be a great source.

3)
Grant, Patrick. "Donne, Pico, and Holy Sonnet XII". Humanities Association Review (1973): 39-42. MLA International Bibliography. Web. 2 MArch 2010.
The author, Patrick Grant, explores the in-depth meaning of Donne's Sonnet XII as a more of a review for English Literature. The source goes through each line and breaks each word down in those lines revealing a connection between the different elements discussed in the poem.

4)
Grenander, M. E. "Donne's Holy Sonnets, XII". Explicator (1955): 42. MLA International Bibliography. Web. 2 March 2010.
Grenander has analyzed many Shakespearian plays as well as Donne's Sonnets. He provides a clear explanation and relationship between the elements and structure of the poem. He goes into detail about how the line formation, punctuation, and syllable positioning helps emphasize Donne's argument. According to Grenander, Holy Sonnet XII is very different from the rest of the sonnets.

5)
Bellette, Anthony F. "Little Worlds Made Cunningly: Significant Form in Donne's 'Holy Sonnets' and 'Goodfriday, 1613'". Studies in Philology, Vol. 72, No. 3. University of North Carolina Press: 1975. 322-347.
The author, Anthony Bellette, examines how John Donne's sonnets are different than the rest of his secular poetry. I believe the intended audience would have to be a scholarly crowd or college student seeking help on analysis. His main idea is to discuss the importance of Sonnet XII's form and structure which is not usually analyzed among other sources. He states that the nature of adaptation closely reflects the nature of the experience described.