... 't think work and laying them out in a way that they are very effective and even logical. Another example of Donne effectively using unrelated objects as metaphors is in the poem "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning". This poem is about a man leaving the women he loves in order to go on some type of extended journey. The poem is an attempt to keep the woman from ... ...

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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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