Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
A Valediction Forbidding Mourning - Coggle Diagram
A Valediction Forbidding Mourning
Summary
A valediction is a goodbye, so Donne is saying goodbye to his wife. His lover should not be sad when he is away as they will remain spiritually united by their love.
Themes
unity
mutual love
time
spiritual love
Speaker's voice
confident
assured
mature
composed
arrogant
Key analysis
SMF of extreme weather
'No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move'
The speaker says there are no exaggerated emotions as their love will remain strong so emotion is not needed.
Conceit of a compass
'As stiff twin compasses are two:/ Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show'
symbolic of the strength the of their relationship. They balance each other like twin compasses.
Pattern of similes + symbolism
'Like gold to airy thinness beat.' , 'Like the' other foot, obliquely run.'
Gold connotations of durability an, beauty, and wealth which is symbolic of their relationship. It is as sought after like gold.