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A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning. Verse By Verse. First three stanzas * focused more on individual than couple *tells more from person that is traveling *1 st stanza: illustrates men’s stubborn

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A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

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  1. A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

  2. Verse By Verse First three stanzas *focused more on individual than couple *tells more from person that is traveling *1st stanza: illustrates men’s stubborn attitude on not to give up *2nd stanza: connects the opening stanzas to rest of poem *3rd stanza: contemplates human behavior of analyzing what we do not know or can’t see Last six stanzas *expanded on the idea of love and soul connection

  3. Rhyme Scheme • ABAB *stanza 6, rhymes “yet” with “beat” *stanza 2, rhymes “move” with “love” This break in the pattern shows: *resolute emotion of narrator *if poem is divided into two parts, both these stanzas are in the middle section connection and how the other person completes you and becomes your center

  4. Symbolism Compass *connection of 2 people *emphasizes the center point that keeps the two bound together *no matter how far they move apart from each other, they are always connected *instrument used to draw circles, which is referred to in the last stanza *CIRCLE eternity, life, completeness, whole

  5. Techniques *Alliteration: makes it flow, brings up the idea of connection *Simile: compares love to mathematical instrument always find an answer to solve the problems that arise *Imagery: illustrates how their love expands beyond the physical aspect to the spiritual and emotional aspect

  6. Techniques Pt 2 *Diction: Laity the body of religious worshippers, so declaration of love in an official way (marriage) *Point-of-View: poem was written for Donne’s wife when he was embarking on a trip to France from Germany *Repetition: portrayed how others overuse the term love in a way that shows that they fully do not understand the concept

  7. Other Perspectives *This poem generally had the same perspective from the two other sources that I read from, just stated or focused on a different aspect of love. Ex: I focused more on the connection love brings, whereas another source focused on the spiritual aspect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Valediction:_Forbidding_Mourning http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/donne/sections5.rhtml

  8. John Donne “Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls thee.”

  9. Cites Used: http://yinkahdinay.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/john-donne.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Donne books.google.com/books?id=5mK-YfGPAtgC&pg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Valediction:_Forbidding_Mourning http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/donne/sections5.rhtml http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HOCuXB2IC34/SeBcM4TIfHI/AAAAAAAABhA/WzMUyFj4Zeo/s400/teddy+heart+(www.cute-pictures.blogspot.com).jpg

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