In the poem “The Good-Morrow” by John Donne he uses his experiences with love to express his love and by using diction to set the tone. Donne’s subject in this poem is love, and is viewed from past experiences which isolate the lovers from reality. Love gives them an awareness of how much they love each other and don’t remember or life seems like a dream before they met. The poem is divided into three stanzas with a specific rhyme scheme.
Donne often uses alliteration in his poems and there are multiple examples of it in “The Good-Morrow”. “Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers’ den” (Donne line 4)? Here alliteration appears in two words related to sleep, “snorted” and “sleepers”, which helps underline the sense. Donne also uses specific word choice and repetition to express his love in this poem. Words such as “beauty”, “desired”, and “loved” are used to express his point. The words “love and “worlds” are seen often in the second stanza where Donne is speaking about his love in the present rather than past or future.
The metaphors used in “The Good-Morrow” helps give the poem more imagery. “Were we not weaned till then? But sucked on country pleasures, childishly” (Donne lines 2-3)? This metaphor explains the state of the lovers before falling in love with one another is identified with childhood. For example the metaphor would be placed with “we were babies before we loved”. The third stanza closes the poem, but explains their love in the future. The third stanza basically shows sincerity of both lovers, and it adds hope for the future.
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I would definitely agree with the love experiences. If you read my blog i said that,"The second metaphor is of a new world or society being formed and made around their newly found love." the newly formed love was nothing when they were young, until they they were wise enough to understand that what they had was true love.LOve sets the mood and defines the imagery in this poem
I really agree with your blog. how you break down the three stanzas as past present and future is exactly how I read the poem. you mentioned how before they got together it was like they were children. children are usually unaware and foolish. Once Donne and his lover realize however, what they share it is as if they grow up and gain realization of the world. I also read the poem like often we look back on the many mistakes we made as a child and wish we would have known better. I think Donne has an epiphany and learns he wasted time chasing after and fulfilling his lusts. However, now they have become one in love and the are joined together forever!!! We shared a lot of the same viewpoints about "The Good Morrow".
Thats what Donnes all about man, nothing but saying about love in this poem, I like the how you broke it down, its just that I did it ita little differently. but we saw the same things, thats all, I also think that you looked at the diction as I did, which is pretty cool, seeing that we see this poems in similar ways.
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