... Forceful: Goe tell Court-huntsemen Call countrey ants Pompous: I could eclipse and cloud them with a winke Melodramatic: She is all States, and all Princes, I Sardonic: Thine age askes ease Entreating: Shine here to us Argument Donne first argues that the sun should leave the lovers alone, and occupy itself with more immediate tasks, as love cannot be governed by time is ... as all the beauty and richness of the world is contained within their bedroom, the sun need only shine there to illuminate the world. Thus, the persona invites the sun to shine, a complete reversal of argument! Howe...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the slumbering and liquid trees! Earth of departed sunset! Earth of the mountains misty-topt! Earth of the vitreous pour of the full moon just tinged with blue! Earth of shine and dark mottling the tide of the river! Earth of the limpid gray of clouds brighter and clearer for my sake! Far-swooping elbowed earth! Rich apple-blossomed Earth! Smile ... ...

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... ," "shines," and "glimmers" to imply sight. He asks, "What candles may be held to speed them all" (9). He answers "Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes / Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes" (10-11). Owens answer compares the candles of the ceremony to the tears in the eyes of the youths loved ones. His answer is that ... ...

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