Batter my Heart...

In the poem "Batter my Heart, Three-person'd God", the speaker reveals six different verbs that describe the action of the three-personed God. (The three-personed God represents the trinity: God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.) In my opinion, "knock" and "break" are referring to God. Knocking represents the way we all should let God into our lives/souls -- he is knocking on our doors. Breaking may represent God's power to control everything. "Burn" and "shine" are symbols for Jesus. Jesus is the son (SUN... SUN = SHINE) of God and he also burns in each of our hearts. "Breathe" and "blow" stand for the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the grace that keeps us alive (like breathing). Also, the Spirit is always surrounding, similiar to air-wind-blow. I think all of these verbs describe the way the three-personed God reacts with human beings, more specifically the speaker of the poem.