Sang-Min (Kevin) Lee Swovelin Period 4 A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning Connotation and Denotation 1. Virtuous 2. Pass 3. Mildly 4.

. Whisper 5. Friends 6. The breath goes 7. Let us melt 8. No tear-floods 9. Sigh-tempests 10. Laity of our love 11. Moving the earth 12. Dull sublunary 13. Cannot admit absence 14. Care less 15. To miss 16. Two souls 17. Expansion 18. Therefore one 19. Endure 20. Stiff twin 21. Wilt thou be to me 22. Obliquely run 23. Firmness makes my circle just Metaphor and Conceit 1. Virtuous men 2. Compass 3. Laity 4. Death 5. Faith 6. Circle Theme: True love cannot be only displayed physically; it a more complex and spiritual. Analysis: Donnes A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning portrays a husband leaving his pregnant wife for a business trip. Donne shines light upon the complexity of the notion of true love, and reveals through the poem the spiritual and non-physical factors of the so-called idea of love. Donne begins by comparing his departure to the death of virtuous men. According to Donne, virtuous men pass mildly away. The phrase pass mildly away connotes the fact the comfort of the lives of virtuous men as they have been living moral and good lives. The word mildly connotes the lack of resistance to fight the death, emphasizing the purity of their souls. It actually is so silent and peaceful that the companions of the virtuous man would say no to his death. This metaphor allows to build onto the bigger notion that his departure should be

Sang-Min (Kevin) Lee Swovelin Period 4 similar to the death of a virtuous; mildly and peacefully. The deceit in comparing the death of a virtuous man and the separation of two loving couples, despite its irony of comparing life and death, emphasizes the silent and passive nature that the couple must carry on with. Furthermore, he compares his separation with his wife as a death because he will be harmed. Donne asks his wife to melt rather than to break apart. The word melt connotes the fluidity of their relationship and emphasizes that their love cannot be broken apart as one cannot physically break liquids. Continuing, the phrase no year-floods, nor sigh-tempests connotes Donnes request to depart without a huge conundrum, which emphasizes the desire of a peaceful separation. It would be a profanation to reveal their joys of their love to the laity as Donne connotes that normal people do not understand the complexity of true love, and how their love can be expressed non-physically. Donne continues and shines light on the fact that men can realize earths harms and fears but is innocent and oblivious of the trepidation of the spheres. Donne contrasts the earth and the sphere as the word sphere connotes a more broader and more holistic point of view of mankind, which most men are innocent of. The sphere is like the complexity of love as most men do not realize the true essence of love. He further asserts that his love for his wife is incapable of breaking apart. They are by a love so much refined that our selves know not what it is. They know that they love each other, but the notion of love is so complex that they are actually unsure as to what love is. Despite their confusion, they feel assertive of their true love because even if one cannot see the eyes, lips, and hands, his mind is inter-assured. This represents the complexity of love, and how love is not merely defined by the physicality. Love is defined by something indefinable and abstract; but still continues to exist between human beings. Donne compares his and his wifes souls to a compass. He states that they are as stiff twin compasses are two; [his] soul, the fixed foot, makes no show to move, but doth, if thother do. This phrase of the poem emphasizes that like the feet of the compasses; they will always be connected at the tip. This metaphor clearly portrays that even though their feet may physically be apart from each other, they will always be together at heart. This further proves the complexity of the notion of true love, as the physicality does not matter one bit. Meditation 17 Connotation and Denotation 1. Tolls 2. So ill 3. Universal 4. All her actions 5. Connected 6. Ingrafted into the body 7. Member 8. All 9. One author 10. One volume 11. Translated 12. Congregation 13. Dignity 14. United 15. Island

Sang-Min (Kevin) Lee Swovelin Period 4 Metaphor and Deceit 1. Author 2. Volume 3. Chapter 4. Island Theme: No matter how different each human being can be, in the end, we are all the same. Analysis: Donnes Meditation 17 reflects the reality that all human beings are basically same under God. Human beings have a tendency to separate themselves from other people, as everyone is different form each other. Whether it be different social class or different interests, humans tend to create separate groups rather than pertain the humans as one whole body. Donne explains that people think [themselves] so much better than [they] are when they see other people dying. The bell is a metaphor for death. The bell indicates a moment in time, mostly of a significant moment. For example the bell of a clock tower rings every hour, not every minute as the hours are more important for the people than knowing how many minutes have passed. The bells toll indicates the significant time in ones life is over and that death has come. Donne realizes that every time the bell tolls, they are almost glad that they were the ones not to die, and pity the dead, as they must have been better. However, Donne connotes that they are actually closer to God, and that it doesnt matter who dies first or not as the church is universal. Donne delves into the notion that everyone who believe in God has the same value in them and that they are actually the population of God. The word universal denotes the broad scope of something, and connotes that everyone who believes in God is the same as one another. He compares this idea that everyone is the same with an author and book. The word author connotes the creator of a work, which in this case is God. He created the human race. The word volume denotes one book, but connotes that all is part of the same work. This leads to the idea as a whole that everyone is part of the same community. When Donne compares the situation to the chapters of a book, he lays un underlying message that no matter who dies, the book would not be the same, which leads to the idea that everyone is of the same value despite the barriers human beings make with each other. Furthermore, Donne compares to the community of God by saying how none of us are islands. Islands denote a piece of land separate from a larger part of land, and connotes that no one is apart from the large community, and that everyone is linked with each other. The phrase clod be washed away by the sea represents the situation in which a person has washed away from life, or in other words has died. The word wash connotes as to every death in the community slowly washes away for every single death. Donne feels it that it is crucial to consider each and single death as important. He feels diminished when he is oblivious as to who the next victim to the bell is. Donnes Meditation 17 represents the idea that everyone belongs to one community and how no matter each person tries to separate themselves, they are always under God.