1. John Donne & Robert Herrick compare/contrast
... uncertain about love, not to think about it and to just go out and get married. If she doesn't, Herrick states the consequence- "For having lost but once your prime, you may forever tarry." Beauty is better at a young age. On the contrary, Donne is expressing his love ... off the "tear-floods" and "sigh-tempests" that might otherwise attend on their farewell. This poem concerns the love between two people who have loved each other for a long time while Herrick's poem is simply an offer of love. Herrick's poem does not completely concentrate on the sexual aspect. He was seeking to make ....
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