What are the Holy Sonnets?

The Holy Sonnets refer to are a series of nineteen poems by the English poet John Donne, most of which are believed to have been written through the author's distressful time between 1609 and 1610. During that time, Donne converted from Catholicism to Anglicanism and underwent various personal, sentimental and financial problems.

The Holy Sonnets-also known as the Divine Meditations or Divine Sonnets-are a series of nineteen poems by the English poet John Donne (1572-1631). The sonnets were first published in 1633-two years after Donne's death.