1. John Donne And Metaphors
This poem is about a man leaving the women he loves in order to go on some type of extended journey. ... The women is described as the fixed foot because she is being left at home while the narrator goes on a long journey. ... In the last stanza this wonderful metaphor continues as the narrator talks about the necessity of the journey on which he is about to embark and tells his love in lines 35-36 that just like a compass "Thy firmness makes my circles just, and makes me end where I begun". ...
- Word Count: 1414
- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: High School