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Author: Veronica (adsl-68-91-25-126.dsl.elpstx.swbell.net)
Date: 04-21-05 21:17

I need help to t.p.c.a.s.t.t the poem " A Valediction Forbidden Mourning" by John Donne. I need it by tomorrow. Can any one help ???

Veronica, there is some information here:

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Use the index at the left side of that web page.


Les

Veronica,

I know the poem is a huge conceit, using a compass to stand for the speaker and his beloved and how his beloved's love make's him stable and whole: "Thy firmness makes my circle just,/And makes me end where I begun." There love is also compared to Gold, and malleability (when they are separated, their love does not break, it only "expands" or "stretches").
I don't know if that helps any, but good luck.

On a pessimistic note, I think this poem sounds a lot like a man's excuse to go gallavanting while his wife/lover stays home.

No, that would have been entitled A Valedition: Forbidding Sauce for the Goose.