In "The Broken Heart" by John Donne, he uses metaphors and imagery to show that the once one's heart is broken it's a hard thing to heal. In the first stanza Donne uses metaphors like "ten in less space devour", "That I have had the plague a year"and, "flash of powder burn a day" to say that "he hath been in love an hour" is ridiculous because love can't last that long. The second stanza states "He is the tyrant pike, our hearts the fry", the pike is the love and the heart symbolizes the fry. It's saying that love consumes the heart and the imagery is kind of violent.
In the third stanza lines three and four show that he gave his lover his heart but she didn't give hers in return. Thus, as a result "At one first blow did shiver it as glass" this symbolizes the heart being broken into many pieces. The fourth stanza lines three and four state that till this day that those broken shards still remain. Lines five through seven show that he has hoped to love again but those "hundred lesser faces" don't measure up. The last line suggest he has found his one true love but she has already broken his heart so now one will ever be good enough.
This poem goes through progression. He starts telling us that love doesn't last that long and it is rediculus. Then he goes on to say that love devours all of our hearts. By the time we get to the third stanza he explains why he thinks this because his heart has been broken. Finally he states that he has tried to love again but it can never be the same.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
The Good-Morrow
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, repetition and diction are used to show a united love. In all three stanzas he makes love prominent using words such as love, one, and worlds. Donne also uses words that suggest unity such as hemispheres, north and west, and equally.
Donne uses quite a bit of repetition in his poem "The Good-Morrow". Love is a word he uses in every stanza of this poem. So this give us an idea that the theme of the poem has to be about love. A second word he uses is one. This word is repeated five times throughout the poem. It suggests unity and togetherness. The last word he uses is worlds especially in the second stanza. The last one is world which is different because the others are plural. Thus, the words love, one, and world together can give a over all meaning to the poem. The repetion suggests that there is only one worldand in that one world they share the love in unity.
The diction in this poem suggests togetherness and unity. Donne uses the word hemispheres in the third stanza. Hemispheres are to separate parts but relay on eachother in the world. Next he uses north and west. They are two parts of a compass that work together to show direction. The word equally is used in the third stanza and means evenly distributed which shows that the love is shared.
Over all the narrator of this poem is in love with someone and finally realizes it. They want to be as one in the world with eachother because they relay on eachothers love.
Donne uses quite a bit of repetition in his poem "The Good-Morrow". Love is a word he uses in every stanza of this poem. So this give us an idea that the theme of the poem has to be about love. A second word he uses is one. This word is repeated five times throughout the poem. It suggests unity and togetherness. The last word he uses is worlds especially in the second stanza. The last one is world which is different because the others are plural. Thus, the words love, one, and world together can give a over all meaning to the poem. The repetion suggests that there is only one worldand in that one world they share the love in unity.
The diction in this poem suggests togetherness and unity. Donne uses the word hemispheres in the third stanza. Hemispheres are to separate parts but relay on eachother in the world. Next he uses north and west. They are two parts of a compass that work together to show direction. The word equally is used in the third stanza and means evenly distributed which shows that the love is shared.
Over all the narrator of this poem is in love with someone and finally realizes it. They want to be as one in the world with eachother because they relay on eachothers love.
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