Although I agree with Bacon's statements in "Of Marriage and Single Life", that married life requires and abundance of time and responsibility, it's important to extend his ideas since love can make one's life exponentially important, as stated by John Donne in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning", by Robert Herrick in "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time.... In a case like the man in Donne's piece "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning", the man is saying goodbye to his wife even though she desperately needs him at that time. ...

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" and John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning". ... Donne's poem "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning", Valediction means "an act of bidding farewell". ...

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To understand John Donnes ideas on love and salvation the responder must understand the context in which Donne writes. As a 16th century poet Donne lived in a time where everyone believed in god. He lived in a society where there was a constant battle between the protestant and Catholic branches of ...

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The use of metaphors can greatly influence the effectiveness of an author's message, when used correctly. John Donne turns this tool into an art form in his poetry as he weaves absurd relationships between two or more seemingly unrelated ideas. Not only does this make his poems much more entertain...

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Year 12 English Assessment Task. Critical Study of Texts. "A measure of great poetry is its ability to transcend time and place". Donne's poetry has been loved and hated by many people throughout history, but most of all it's been read. He still remains...

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