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Simile and Metaphor in John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"

Valediction: a farewell address forbidding his wife to mourn, strikes me as an extraordi¬
nary title for this poem. Donne's title has an implied meaning that contradicts how this poem
leads the reader to believe it's a love poem he writes to his wife before leaving on a journey to
France. A love so strong, so pure, that the bond could never possibly be broken, even after
death. Two souls who will always be together physically and spiritually. Donne's use of simile
and metaphor enhances the reader's perspective to see one thing, but come to conclusions of
something else.
In the first stanza, Donne writes "virtuous men who pass mildly away," he speaks of the
death of great men. Putting himself into that personification of the relationship between him and
his wife, he could possibly be speaking in the text, as if he is some kind of God over her. He is
obviously on a journey to France and......

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