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... poet uses metaphysical caprice to link sporadic ideas, emphasizing his ideal love. The poet first describes the separation as the soul of the lovers being gold beat to an "airy thinness," where the airy thinness emphasizes the stretching of the lovers" resources, in that the love continues to exist, but its strength is weakened by the circumstances (xxi-xxiv). The author also ... ...
... you is nothing short of incredible. It takes a lot for that to be broken. "Our two souls therefore, which are one yet a breach, but an expansion, like gold to airy thinness beat." (Donne, pg. 519, lines 21-24) Most importantly, a spouse will always have the others back. When a single person is sick or broken in some way, it is ... ...
... perfect, he can endure the physical absence of his lover. "Our two souls, therefore, which are one/ Though I must go, endure not yet/ A breach, but an expansion/ Like gold to airy thinness beat."" In the last line of stanza 6, Donne compares his love to gold. Unlike the laity, his love is never separated - they do not snap apart, they simply stretch ... ...
