A Valediction Forbidding Mourning (Edexcel A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Author and year of 'A Valediction Forbidding Mourning'
Author and year of 'A Valediction Forbidding Mourning'
John Donne, 1611
Who Donne wrote 'A Valediction Forbidding Mourning' for
Who Donne wrote 'A Valediction Forbidding Mourning' for
His wife, Anne More
Poetic style of 'A Valediction Forbidding Mourning'
Poetic style of 'A Valediction Forbidding Mourning'
Metaphysical style
Number of quatrains in 'A Valediction Forbidding Mourning'
Number of quatrains in 'A Valediction Forbidding Mourning'
Nine quatrains (36 lines total)
Rhyme scheme of 'A Valediction Forbidding Mourning'
Rhyme scheme of 'A Valediction Forbidding Mourning'
ABAB
Famous conceit: lovers' souls compared to what
Famous conceit: lovers' souls compared to what
Two legs of a compass
Metaphor for love stretched by separation without breaking
Metaphor for love stretched by separation without breaking
Gold beaten to airy thinness
Hyperbolic phrases for excessive grief in the poem
Hyperbolic phrases for excessive grief in the poem
'Tear-floods' and 'sigh-tempests'
Key thematic contrast in the poem
Key thematic contrast in the poem
Spiritual love vs. physical love
Meaning of 'sublunary lovers' in the poem
Meaning of 'sublunary lovers' in the poem
Earthly lovers whose love is based on physical senses