A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning Questions and Answers
Discuss the features of metaphysical poetry in “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning.”
How does the poem ‘A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning‘ celebrate the spiritual quality of love?
"A Valediction: Forbidden Mourning" makes a lot of arguments. List all the reasons Donne gives why he and his wife should not mourn. Do they seem believable to you? Why or why not?
In "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," what conceit does Donne use in stanzas 7 - 9?
Justify the tittle of the poem "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning."
What is being compared in lines 1-6 in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"? How are the two things similar?
The imagery in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" serves to create what sort of tone for the poem?
What is the contrast John Donne is making between "sublunary lovers' love" and the "refined" or heavenly love between the speaker and the audience?
How does the poet justify his temporary separation from his lover in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"?
What is the speaker's claim?
Please give a critial appreciation of "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning."
How does John Donne describe his separation from his beloved in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"?
Why the title?
What kind of language is used in the poem "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning?" Is the language consonant with the figures of speech?
If you were the woman addressed by the speaker in John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," how persuasive would you find his reassurances?
Explain the conceit in lines 25-36 of "A Validation" and what suggests about love.
What are the figures of speech of the poem, "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"?
Identify two similes in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," and explain how they relate to the theme of the poem.
Who are the characters in the poem "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"?
Why might the speaker be concerned about the future of the relationship with the beloved?
What is metaphysical about "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning?" What parts of the poem lead you to your answers?
How does John Donne glorify the uniqueness of his love in the poems "The Canonization" and "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"?
What are some comparisons in the poem "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"?
Why is the speaker trying to console his wife in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"?
Describe the effectiveness of the poet's use of paradox in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," and contrast in the final two lines of the poem.
In "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," what is the meaning of the line, "Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th' other foot, obliquely run"?
How does the persona contrast the couple's love to "Dull sublunary lovers' love"?
Discuss the central message of "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning."
Why should the parting couple "melt" and"make no noise"?
Explain why the speaker in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" is not disturbed at the thought of bidding farewell to his beloved.
Describe the first line of the poem, "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning." Describe the sentence: "As virtuous men pass mildly away."
In "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," how does the compass work to describe the refined love of lovers who are separated?
What are the themes in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"?
What is the conceit of John Donne's "Valediction: A Forbidding Mourning"?
Identify two phrases from "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" that show that the speaker wants the farewell to be a quiet, calm affair.
In "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning," line 5, how is the image of melting relevant to the poem? "So let us melt, and make no noise."
What representations of love are good to discuss in "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning"?
What can be inferred about the personality of the addressee?
"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” by John Donne How sincere is this poem? Explain.
In what four ways does the speaker compare that situation in stanzas one through nine in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"?
Explain the similes please.
In "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning", clarify the metaphor in Stanza 3.
Explain the phrase "refining gold" in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning".
Compare and contrast the themes of Andrew Marvell's "The Definition of Love" with John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning."
What is a summary for lines 9-10 of John Donne's poem, "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning"?
Compare John Donne's poem “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” to Katherine Philips's poem “To Mrs. M. A. at parting.”
Please explain the poem, "A Valediction".
I need help developing a thesis for "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning." Any examples would help.
What is the meaning of the two main metaphors: man as a chapter in a book and man as a piece of a continent?
Describe how "A Valediction" is a metaphysical poem. I need some examples. I'm just beginning to understand what metaphysical is? If you could help I'd appreciate.
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