A few thoughts on the peom...
In John Donne's poem, "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning," a man says goodbye to his lover who he is about to leave. He uses metaphysical conceits to soften the blow by comparing their love to a noble man's death, the planets, and a drawing compass. In my opinion, this poem shows an excuse for the narrator to abandon his supposed love. Not only does he leave her, but also, he wants her to remain faithful and be excited when he returns. If the narrator actually loved this woman, then he would have never left her in the first place.
John Leskow
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I think the peom is about not being sad in public when two lovers are seperated. It says, "So let us melt, and make no noise,/ No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempest move." This is basically saying do not make a big deal about being seperated. In the same stanza it says that if they did, it would be a "profanation" of their joys (it would degrade their love) if they complained to people who were not part of their love, and it continues saying that their love is mature enough and "Inter-assured" so they would not have to worry. It also says that their love is not broken when he is away, but it is stretched, like gold when it is being shaped.
-Paul Derickson
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