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‘Farewell to Love’ by John Donne explores love, human desire, and both of these things’ powers. In the first lines, the poet speaks about his reverence for love. He likens it to how atheists might call upon an unknown power in their final moments.
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I’ve killed you, Reason. I stood up against you, and somewhere in that rebellion, I discovered love. You, who always urged me to follow your path, to steer clear of that lowly feeling, that ...
Whether it's a long-distance relationship, a short-term romance, or the end of a long-term partnership, farewells can leave us feeling heartbroken and at a loss for words. In these moments, a heartfelt goodbye message becomes a powerful tool for closure and expressing our deepest feelings.
Abstract. Donne’s poems, whether or not they are personal memories, record a dislike of having come. Post-coital sadness and revulsion are grimly seized, but what is more grim is that the poems are so often driven to bend this animus upon their own previous act of creative love.
In "A Farewell to Love" the speaker expresses both awareness and remorse at his seemingly insatiable sexual appetite. This dissolute young man appears regretful of the way in...
Analysis (ai): This poem explores the disillusionment and transient nature of romantic love. Initially, the speaker holds love in high esteem, but experience teaches him that its allure fades with time. Love, once a source of intense desire, becomes common and monotonous.
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Love under the curse of brevity, which obliges it to multiply its moments, seeks an addition of pleasure (by a subtraction from life) only to get, under another curse, an addition of dissatisfaction.
