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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 especially in the first two stanzas, lead to several possible interpretations on poem's distinct meaning. While the simple understanding of the poem’s theme would be about two lovers separating for a little while, could the text actually hint at a totally different meaning? Could the poem actually be, as its title and the first stanza predict, about the death of one of the lovers and thus the permanent separation?
The poem begins with a metaphysical comparison between virtuous dying men whispering to their souls to leave their bodies and two lovers saying goodbye:
“As virtuous men pass mildly away,
And whisper to their souls to go,
Whilst some of their sad friends do say,
“The breath goes now,” and some say, “No.” In this extended metaphor, the speaker compares temporary separation from his love to the separation of a man's soul from his body when he dies. The body represents...
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