Valediction
John Donne’s poem, “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” is about two lovers who are separating and the speaker of the poem says a goodbye should not be an occasion to mourn because their love is divine and spiritual, not only physical. The poem contains nine stanzas and one unifying element throughout: love that holds its strength even through separation in relation to both body and soul. From the beginning, the poem develops closely reasoned arguments or propositions that rely heavily on the use of the 1) conceit- an extended metaphor that draws an imaginative parallel between apparently dissimilar situations or objects. In the poem conceit becomes a vehicle for multiple meaning of sometimes contradictory, feelings and ideas. Also, the mainly 2) iambic tetrameter poem consists of concise verses, with a regular rhythm in each line, creating an atmosphere of calmness and comfort. 3) The heavy use of imagery, diction and rhyme schemes throughout the poem and......
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