... Anglican priest and was known for his sermons. William Shakespeare's "Let me not to the marriage of true minds," also known as "Sonnet 116" discusses love, as does John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning." These two poems are identical in theme and they express similar meanings of love. In Shakespeare's sonnet "Let me not to the marriage of true minds" it is emphasized that ... asserts he is so sure that love is constant by saying "If this be error and upon me proved / I never writ, nor no man ever loved" (13-14). John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" is a farewell ...

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... it follows that his great poetry transcends time and place. Love transcends the centuries, national boundaries and race. This, coupled with Donne's poetic prowess has helped to create a great poem A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning which also transcends time and place. In the poem Donne's basic argument was that "most" people's relationships are built on purely sensual things. If they are not together all the ... ...

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