... of courtly love poets by offering more realistic visions of the relationship between men and women and by applying ingenous scholastic subtleties to the analysis of the emotions of lovers. The courtly love poet always expresses the same experience of love, the range of situations and emotions ... The question remains as to whether or not s language had any sexual meaning during the Elizabethan times. By blending sex into a religious poem, Kensinger suggests Donne effectively shows that feelings experienced with God are similar to the ecstasy of carnal desires. Repeatedly invoking analogi...

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