We’re having a seminar on John Donne’s A Valediction Forbidding Mourning. I think I understand most of what’s going on, but I have one question, which if you could help me understand, I would be very grateful. Is this a poem about death, i.e. is the speaker dying? Why does Donne mention virtuous men passing […]
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ExtasieEssay I wrote this for Davies back in the day…UPRIGHT!!!!!!! (orthei)
Response to "Typical Anne"
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Aug 2009
I want to respond to Mr. Kane’s most recent post by posting something that has nothing to do with anything he said. Here are two quotes, by two dissimilar poets: John Donne and ee cummings. The quotes are about philosophy vs. poetry and wonder. “[T]he clarity of literal language satisfies the intellect by giving knowledge, […]
Category: ee cummings, John Donne, Philosophy, Poetry, Wonder
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