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.