A VALEDICTION: FORBIDDING MOURNING

1. A VALEDICTION: FORBIDDING MOURNING JOHN DONNE

2. MAP OF OUR SPEECH • METAPHYSICAL POETRY • LIFE OF JOHN DONNE • DESCRIPTION OF POEM • CONCEITS • SYMBOLS • SIMILE • THEMES • LANGUAGE USE • CLASSROOM IMPLEMENTATION • CONCLUSION

3. Metaphysical: usingwordswiththeirordinarymeaning but describingsomethingbymeans of an imageorsymbol.Conceit: an extendedmetaphor • surprisingways • JOHN DONNE

4. Imagestakenfromeveryday life Death andreligion METAPHYSICAL POETRY Simplediction ıntellectualdescriptions of emotions A pre-occupationwithlove Unusualandoftenstartlingcomparisons • Abraham Cowley • Richard Crashaw • Andrew Marvell

5. CONCEIT: Contemporarylanguage = arrogance At the time termwascoined , it meant: “concept”

6. BAROQUE Encompassstyles of architectureand art as well as litrature Baroquewritersinfluenced “A Valedcition: ForbiddingMourningstye”

7. SCIENCE • AND • THE AGE OF DISCOVERY • Copernicus’sTheory • Galileo: • mathematical • compass

8. LIFE OF JOHN DONNE • London in 1572 • MarriedwithAnn • From1611 to1612 A Valediction: ForbiddingMourning • a famous English poet, satirist, lawyer • His firstpoembook: Satires • Songsandsonnets

9. Personal Life • John Donnefell in lovewiththeEgerton's (employer’s) niece Anne More • Theymarried in 1601. Since themarriagewasagainstthewish of Egertonand Anne More’sfather, Donne had togotoFleetPrisonfor a brief time. • DonnewenttoFrancewhileAnnwaspregnant. • Anndied on August 15, 1617 • John Donnenevermarriedagain.

10. WORKS OF JOHN DONNE • Donne : A representative of metaphysical poet • realistic and sensual style, • love poetry and religious poems to Latin translations, • epigrams, • songs, • satires and sermons

11. His writings: ironic & cynical elements, regarding love and human motives. • His notableworks: a valediction: ForbiddingMourning Flea The Sun Rising TheEcstacy

12. Death • Donne; • sufferedfromstomachcancer. • died on March 31, 1631 • wasburied in St. Paul’sCathedral • A memorialstatue of himwaserected at theCathedral

13. DESCRIPTION OF THE POEM

14. "A ValedictionForbiddingMourning," • goodbyeto a significantwife • farewellspeech • Donnewants her towaitattentivelyfor his arrivalback • not crystorms of tears • So, no mourning

15. DESCRIPTION OF POEM A Valediction: ForbiddingMourning shining example of the mature, spiritual relationship that Donne hadwith his wife.

16. STANZA #1 AS virtuous men pass mildly away,      And whisper to their souls to go,  Whilst some of their sad friends do say,     "Now his breath goes," and some say, "No." 

17. STANZA #2 So let us melt, and make no noise,                                            No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move ; 'Twereprofanation of our joys      To tell the laity our love. 

18. STANZA #3 Moving of th' earth brings harms and fears ;     Men reckon what it did, and meant ;                              But trepidation of the spheres,      Though greater far, is innocent. 

19. STANZA #4 Dull sublunary lovers' love      —Whose soul is sense—cannot admit  Of absence, 'cause it doth remove                                         The thing which elemented it. 

20. STANZA #5 But we by a love so much refined,    That ourselves know not what it is,  Inter-assurèd of the mind,  Care less, eyes, lips and hands to miss. 

21. STANZA #6 Our two souls therefore, which are one,      Though I must go, endure not yet  A breach, but an expansion,      Like gold to aery thinness beat. 

22. STANZA #7 If they be two, they are two so                                            As stiff twin compasses are two ;  Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show      To move, but doth, if th' other do. 

23. STANZA #8 And though it in the centre sit,      Yet, when the other far doth roam,                                It leans, and hearkens after it,      And grows erect, as that comes home. 

24. STANZA #9 Such wilt thou be to me, who must,     Like th' other foot, obliquely run ; Thy firmness makes my circle just,                                        And makes me end where I begun.

25. CONCEITS

26. Dying of virtuous men good men makegooddeaths the mark of a gooddeath

27. Trepidation of TheSpheres’ Earthquakes • Damaging - harmful trepidation of thespheres’ ( movement of theplanets) natural & harmless) 

28. Sacredlove • Sacredlove = laity(line 8) • Weep at parting • profaneourlove

29. Sublunarylovers • Ordinarylovers • physical presence, physicalattraction Donne & Ann reallovers

30. Gold ductilemalleable = no realseparation

31. geometricalcompasses theotherleg (theman) Thefixedleg (thewoman) create a circle

32. In time, • thesecondfootreturnstothecentre. • Donne'llcomehomeagain

33. SYMBOLS

34. 1.Melt: physically and spiritually mixed together. 2.The sphere: perfection which represents the union of souls in a relationship. Representingtheirnatural ,harmlesslove.

35. 3.The circle: • It means perfection, • RepresentingtheUnionsouls • Curvesreconnecting 4. The compasses: • combination of two lovers; closely related to each other. • Togetherness of them • Theyareunited

36. SIMILE

37. .Gold comparing the expansion of their souls to the expansion of beaten gold. stanza :6 A breach, but an expansion,      Like gold to aery thinness beat

38. Introduction of a simile • 1st half of the simile is presented • Comparing the death of virtuous men to something

39. Completion of Simile • Comparing the death of virtuous men to his wife’s separation.(stanza 2) • Virtuous men die peacefully and silently

40. THEMES

41. DEATH • "virtuous men pass[ing] mildlyaway.“(line 1) • death as a metaphorfor his impendingdeparture on a journey

42. LOVE • "dullsublunarylovers' love," (line 13) • "refined" lovethatDonneandAnn(line 17) • “sacredlove”

43. RELIGIOUS FAITH • Piety (Pious men) • Eternal life • Security in his relationshipwithAnn

44. SCIENCE • Compass • moving of th' earth( line 9) • earthquakes, strikefearintothehearts of men • "likegoldtoairythinnessbeat,“ (line 24)referstoprecious metal anditsphysicalproperties

45. IMAGERIES

46. THE CIRCLE Pathdescriedby a compass Marriage ring Alchemicalsymbolforgold Path of planets

47. Death of virtous men • mild • Describehowshouldtheyseparate “Mildly away” • “melt” (line 5) • “make no noise”“whisper”

48. Senses(line 20) • Refined/ purified • Our love is so refined, so otherworldly, that it can still survive without the closeness of eyes, lips, and hands. • Religiousimagery • “laity” (line 8) • Love= spiritiualnature

49. LANGUAGE USE

50. AS virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say,"Now his breath goes," and some say, "No."So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move ;'Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. Moving of th' earth brings harms and fears ;Men reckon what it did, and meant ;But trepidation of the spheres, Though greater far, is innocent. Dull sublunary lovers' love —Whose soul is sense—cannot admit Of absence, 'cause it doth remove The thing which elemented it. But we by a love so much refined,That ourselves know not what it is, Inter-assurèd of the mind, Care less, eyes, lips and hands to miss. Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to aery thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam,It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect, as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must,Like th' other foot, obliquely run ;Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end where I begun.