A Valediction Forbidding Mourning (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
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When did Donne write 'A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning' and why?
When did Donne write 'A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning' and why?
1611, leaving wife for diplomatic mission to France
What does 'valediction' mean?
What does 'valediction' mean?
A farewell speech
What does Donne compare the lovers' parting to in the opening stanza?
What does Donne compare the lovers' parting to in the opening stanza?
Peaceful death of virtuous men
In the compass metaphor, who does the fixed foot represent?
In the compass metaphor, who does the fixed foot represent?
The speaker's wife
What does 'inter-assured of the mind' mean?
What does 'inter-assured of the mind' mean?
Mutual mental & spiritual certainty
What does 'sublunary' mean?
What does 'sublunary' mean?
Under the moon or earthly
What does the gold simile 'like gold to airy thinness beat' suggest?
What does the gold simile 'like gold to airy thinness beat' suggest?
Love becomes refined & extensive
How does Donne contrast earthquakes with celestial sphere movements?
How does Donne contrast earthquakes with celestial sphere movements?
Earthquakes cause harm; spheres more powerful but innocent
Why would visible grief be a 'profanation of our joys'?
Why would visible grief be a 'profanation of our joys'?
It reduces sacred love to something common
What does the fixed foot of the compass do when the other moves away?
What does the fixed foot of the compass do when the other moves away?
It leans and hearkens after it
What is a conceit in poetry?
What is a conceit in poetry?
Elaborate comparison of dissimilar things
What poetic technique are 'tear-floods' and 'sigh-tempests'?
What poetic technique are 'tear-floods' and 'sigh-tempests'?
Overstatement/hyperbole