In John Donne's "Elegy 19: On His Mistress Going to Bed", Donne reveals to the audience the experience of undressing his mistress before they unite in sexual ecstasy. However, as he is describing his experience, the audience is given no insight on the mistress' character or her life. Donne does, however, ... portray to the audience the emotional warfare that his mistress has ensued upon him, much like the combative warfare ensued upon a soldier during war. However, like Donne, Ovid uses violence in a literal sense, as well. In Amores 1.7, the speaker reveals remorse for having had literally l...

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