John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" portrays true and deep love as strong enough to withstand distance and separation through his use of literary techniques and metaphysical conceits. The poet uses a variety of literary techniques to ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... intellectual and emotional sense is the use of arguments. Throughout his poetry, Donne presents different arguments about what each particular poem is about. The best exponent of this quality is "A Valediction: forbidding mourning", in which the structure of "As ... So", "but but" and "therefore" set the argumentative tone, as though he were trying to convince the reader of something that is so blatantly ... ...

• Word Count: 737
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate