Song by John Donne
Sweetest love, I do not go,For weariness of thee,Nor in hope the world can showA fitter love for me;But since that IMust die at last, 'tis bestTo use myself in jestThus by feign'd deaths to die.Yesternight the sun went hence,And yet is here today;He hath no desire nor sense,Nor half so short a way:Then fear not me,But believe that I shall makeSpeedier journeys, since I takeMore wings and spurs than he.O how feeble is man's power,That if good fortune fall,Cannot add another hour,Nor a lost hour recall!But come bad chance,And we join to'it our strength,And we teach it art and length,Itself o'er us to'advance.When thou sigh'st, thou sigh'st not wind,But sigh'st my soul away;When thou weep'st, unkindly kind,My life's blood doth decay.It cannot beThat thou lov'st me, as thou say'st,If in thine my life thou waste,That art the best of me.Let not thy divining heartForethink me any ill;Destiny may take thy part,And may thy fears fulfil;But think that weAre but turn'd aside to sleep;They who one another keepAlive, ne'er parted be.
Alright, so let's see my "Plog":
- In the poem "Song" by John donne, he uses a combination on various literary techniques to emphasize the idea that women are untrue. He uses the rhyme scheme "ABABCCDDD" to give the poem the satirical sense it has. The diction he uses also reflects the speaker's ambiguoug wording, which highlights the condescending tone of the whole poem.
- When Donne uses the rhyme scheme "ABABCCDDD" he does this to mock love songs by making the poem have a singy-songey flow to it. By doing this he highlights the speaker's negative beliefs regarding women. He makes the poem have a lovely flow, however, it is not stating anything lovely at all. At the beginnings of several lines, Donne uses demanding terms that make the lines sarcastic, by saying things like "Go, and catch a faling star" and "teach me to hear mermaids singing". This shows how he carries on a condescending tone, due to the fact that the speaker does not want the reader to in fact do these things, but to emphasize that just like it is impossible to do these things, it is impossible to find a truthful and faithful woman.
- Donne chooses to use diction to highlight the ambiguous nature of women, in how they might be beautiful, yet they actually are unfaithful and untruthful. When the speaker says "Or who cleft the devil's foot", cleft can mean to hurt, be in allegiance with, or split; which are completely different things that can throw the poem in different directions. He also says "And last, til you write your letter", last in this case can mean endure, or "latest". The letter referred to can also stand for a love letter or will.
- Overall, all the literary techniques mentioned contribute to the overlying condescending tone and theme that women are not to be trusted by men. The impossible demands and hyperbole of how long it will take to find a true woman, if there even were one, "Ride ten thousand days and nights, till age show white hairs on thee" all emphasize the overlying theme and purpose of the poem, which is for the speaker to persuade men that women cannot be trusted.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
My Commentary...it was mixed up in the last blog..this is the REAL ONE!!!!
The Good-Morrow
by John Donne
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he uses diction to emphasize the discovery of his true love. A combination of the diction and rhyme scheme used in this poem, both highlight his thoughts and feelings towards his true love. The dictions Donne uses also depicts the narrator's tone in regards to the past without his love, the present and the future with his love. This poem and the techniques Donne uses tell the passion and spiritual connection that the speaker has towards his love.
John Donne chooses to use diction as means of showing how his life and feelings have changed now that the speaker has found his one true love, who is all that he will ever need. In the first stanza, Donne uses words like "weaned" and "childishly" to show how before he found his love, there was no value to his relationships, he simply slept around. This shows how he values this new relationship more than anything ever, as he says, "Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee". This identifies the differences between his past and the rest of his life now that he has found love. In the second stanza, chooses to use the words "worlds" and "one" interchangeably, to shw the spiritual closeness he and his love share. He is explaining that now he and his love have become one and can share the same world. In the third stanza, John Donne uses diction to show how passionate the love s between the speaker and his love. It is to such a level that the speaker believes that he and his love's lovewill last forever and will never die, "Love so alike that none do slacken, none can die".
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he utilizes diction as his way of emphasizing the way the speker feels towards his true love. The speaker feels that his new found love is like never before and he will never need another person in his life. He truly believes that he and his love have become one and can share their lives together forever and their spirits will love even after.
by John Donne
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he uses diction to emphasize the discovery of his true love. A combination of the diction and rhyme scheme used in this poem, both highlight his thoughts and feelings towards his true love. The dictions Donne uses also depicts the narrator's tone in regards to the past without his love, the present and the future with his love. This poem and the techniques Donne uses tell the passion and spiritual connection that the speaker has towards his love.
John Donne chooses to use diction as means of showing how his life and feelings have changed now that the speaker has found his one true love, who is all that he will ever need. In the first stanza, Donne uses words like "weaned" and "childishly" to show how before he found his love, there was no value to his relationships, he simply slept around. This shows how he values this new relationship more than anything ever, as he says, "Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee". This identifies the differences between his past and the rest of his life now that he has found love. In the second stanza, chooses to use the words "worlds" and "one" interchangeably, to shw the spiritual closeness he and his love share. He is explaining that now he and his love have become one and can share the same world. In the third stanza, John Donne uses diction to show how passionate the love s between the speaker and his love. It is to such a level that the speaker believes that he and his love's lovewill last forever and will never die, "Love so alike that none do slacken, none can die".
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he utilizes diction as his way of emphasizing the way the speker feels towards his true love. The speaker feels that his new found love is like never before and he will never need another person in his life. He truly believes that he and his love have become one and can share their lives together forever and their spirits will love even after.
The Good-Morrow
THE GOOD-MORROW.by John Donne
I wonder by my troth, what thou and IDid, till we loved ? were we not wean'd till then ? But suck'd on country pleasures, childishly ? Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers' den ?'Twas so ; but this, all pleasures fancies be ;If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee.And now good-morrow to our waking souls, Which watch not one another out of fear ;For love all love of other sights controls,And makes one little room an everywhere.Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone ;Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown ;Let us possess one world ; each hath one, and is one. My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, And true plain hearts do in the faces rest ;Where can we find two better hemispheres Without sharp north, without declining west ?Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally ;If our two loves be one, or thou and I Love so alike that none can slacken, none can die.
My Commentary:
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he uses diction to emphasize the discovery of his true love. A combination of the diction and rhyme scheme used in this poem, both highlight his thoughts and feelings towards his true love. The dictions Donne uses also depicts the narrator's tone in regards to the past without his love, the present and the future with his love. This poem and the techniques Donne uses tell the passion and spiritual connection that the speaker has towards his love.
John Donne choses to use diction as means of showing how his life and feelings have changed now that the speaker has found his one true love, who is all that he will ever need. In the first stanza, Donne uses words like "weaned" and "childishly" to show how before he found his love, there was no value to his relationships, he simply slept around. This shows how he values this new relationship more than anything ever, as he says, "Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee". This identifies the differences between his past and the rest of his life now that he has found love. In the second stanza, chooses to use the words "worlds" and "one" interchangeably, to shw the spiritual closeness he and his love share. He is explaining that now he and his love have become one and can share the same world. In the third stanza, John Donne uses diction to show how passionate the love s between the speaker and his love. It is to such a level that the speaker believes that he and his love's lovewill last forever and will never die, "Love so alike that none do slacken, none can die".
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he utilizes diction as his way of emphasizing the way the speker feels towards his true love. The speaker feels that his new found love is like never before and he will never need another person in his life. He truly believes that he and his love have become one and can share their lives together forever and their spirits will love even after.
I wonder by my troth, what thou and IDid, till we loved ? were we not wean'd till then ? But suck'd on country pleasures, childishly ? Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers' den ?'Twas so ; but this, all pleasures fancies be ;If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee.And now good-morrow to our waking souls, Which watch not one another out of fear ;For love all love of other sights controls,And makes one little room an everywhere.Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone ;Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown ;Let us possess one world ; each hath one, and is one. My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, And true plain hearts do in the faces rest ;Where can we find two better hemispheres Without sharp north, without declining west ?Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally ;If our two loves be one, or thou and I Love so alike that none can slacken, none can die.
My Commentary:
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he uses diction to emphasize the discovery of his true love. A combination of the diction and rhyme scheme used in this poem, both highlight his thoughts and feelings towards his true love. The dictions Donne uses also depicts the narrator's tone in regards to the past without his love, the present and the future with his love. This poem and the techniques Donne uses tell the passion and spiritual connection that the speaker has towards his love.
John Donne choses to use diction as means of showing how his life and feelings have changed now that the speaker has found his one true love, who is all that he will ever need. In the first stanza, Donne uses words like "weaned" and "childishly" to show how before he found his love, there was no value to his relationships, he simply slept around. This shows how he values this new relationship more than anything ever, as he says, "Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee". This identifies the differences between his past and the rest of his life now that he has found love. In the second stanza, chooses to use the words "worlds" and "one" interchangeably, to shw the spiritual closeness he and his love share. He is explaining that now he and his love have become one and can share the same world. In the third stanza, John Donne uses diction to show how passionate the love s between the speaker and his love. It is to such a level that the speaker believes that he and his love's lovewill last forever and will never die, "Love so alike that none do slacken, none can die".
In "The Good-Morrow" by John Donne, he utilizes diction as his way of emphasizing the way the speker feels towards his true love. The speaker feels that his new found love is like never before and he will never need another person in his life. He truly believes that he and his love have become one and can share their lives together forever and their spirits will love even after.
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