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Ballad of Birmingham, Blackberry Picking, Canterbury Tales, Death Be Not Proud, Dulce Et Decorum Est, O Captain My Captain, Thanatopsis, The Glass, The Unknown Citizen, 1984, A Raisin in The Sun, Animal Farm, Beowulf, Fahrenheit 451, Frankenstein, George Orwell, Hamlet, Into The Wild, Lord of The Flies, Macbeth, A Modest Proposal, All Quiet on The Western Front, Allegory, Antigone, Between The World and Me.
A Valediction: forbidding Mourning “A Valediction: forbidding Mourning” is recognised as one of Donne’s most famous yet simplest poems. It is his most direct statement of his ideal of spiritual love. Unlike, “The Flea,” in “A Valediction: forbidding Mourning” Donne professes a devotion to spiritual love that transcends merely the physical. In this poem, the … Read more
The parting of two lovers In the poem A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning by John Donne the speaker of the poem is talking to his lover to tell her that although he is leaving their love will not be effected. It surprised me when I read the poem because I thought from the title that somebody … Read more
The Perfect Love On any given day at the airport, couples in love can be seen saying goodbye to one another. Everyday, thousands of people are forced to say goodbye to a loved one for a period of time for one reason or another. People react to this period of separation in a number of … Read more
The Perfect Love On any given day at the airport, couples in love can be seen saying goodbye to one another. Everyday, thousands of people are forced to say goodbye to a loved one for a period of time for one reason or another. People react to this period of separation in a number of … Read more
TP-CASTT: Holy Sonnets IX Title: I read the title as signifying that there would be some sort of religious questioning happening in the poem. I also assumed that this was one of a number of poems in this “Holy Sonnets” series, probably because the poet had a lifelong battle of faith in which he asked … Read more
Though “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell and “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” by John Donne are metaphysical poems emphasizing love, the narrators use very different approaches and have opposing perspectives on what love truly is. In “To His Coy Mistress” the author is speaking of a mistress that he is trying to coax into … Read more
