Unconditional Love Although the subject matter of "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning- could be applied to any couple pending separation, John Donne wrote his poem for his wife on the eve of his departure for France in 1611. ... In arguing against mourning and emotional upheaval, Donne uses a series of bold and unexpected comparisons for the love between the speaker and his lady. ... In "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning-, Donne describes a most perfect and unchangeable love between two people. ...

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He then refers to spiritual love as the purer and stronger form of love which can be seen in Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, which subsequently implies that spiritual love is the higher form of love. However, in The Ecstasy Donne says that the uniting of the souls in spiritual love can only be attained through a uniting of the bodies, this idea somewhat contradicts the points Donne makes about love in To His Mistress Going to Bed and Valediction: Forbidding Mourning. ... In contrast with To His Mistress Going to Bed is Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, in which Donne greatly emphasizes th...

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"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," starts the talk about how love is metaphysical. ... A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning talks about how John Donne and his wife's love is like a compass, if one leans the other leans with it. ...

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Aside from metaphors, Donne also uses similes and writes poems as if they were riddles, like in the poem, "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning." ... He believes the spiritual bond is much stronger than the bond between a man and woman, as seen in the poem, "Valediction Forbidding Mourning." ...

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Although I agree with Bacon's statements in "Of Marriage and Single Life", that married life requires and abundance of time and responsibility, it's important to extend his ideas since love can make one's life exponentially important, as stated by John Donne in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning", by Robert Herrick in "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time.... In a case like the man in Donne's piece "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning", the man is saying goodbye to his wife even though she desperately needs him at that time. ...

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" and John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning". ... Donne's poem "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning", Valediction means "an act of bidding farewell". ...

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John Donne, one of the infamous Metaphysical Poets, is known to some only by random quotes such as "for whom the bell tolls" or "no man is an island", but to others he is as important a writer as Shakespeare and thus has been valued as such in many forms. However John Donnes popularity is not univer...

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To understand John Donnes ideas on love and salvation the responder must understand the context in which Donne writes. As a 16th century poet Donne lived in a time where everyone believed in god. He lived in a society where there was a constant battle between the protestant and Catholic branches of ...

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The use of metaphors can greatly influence the effectiveness of an author's message, when used correctly. John Donne turns this tool into an art form in his poetry as he weaves absurd relationships between two or more seemingly unrelated ideas. Not only does this make his poems much more entertain...

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Year 12 English Assessment Task. Critical Study of Texts. "A measure of great poetry is its ability to transcend time and place". Donne's poetry has been loved and hated by many people throughout history, but most of all it's been read. He still remains...

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