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John Donne – "The Apparition"

In John Donne's poem, "The Apparition," the title tells us that the poem is about a person having an epiphany. We know this because the word "apparition," means "to become visible" or "an epiphany." In the opening lines of the poem, the speaker addresses his listener as a "murdresse." He then goes on to tell her that when she "thinkst" she is "free from all solicitation from" him, his "ghost will come to" her bed. This tells us that the speaker is a rejected lover who is addressing his ex-lover. When you put this fact with the title in mind, you can see that the rejected lover is having an epiphany about being dumped by his ex-lover.
In the first line, the speaker says, "When by thy scorn, o murdresse, I am dead," he is figuratively saying that his ex-lover has killed him with her scorn. In the next three lines, when he says, "And that thou thinkst thee free // From all solicitation from mee // Then shall my ghost come to thy bed," he is......

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