John Donne used metaphysical conceits in order to express his ideas. His purpose was to make his reader think, and because many of the people he was trying to reach were illiterate, the conceits were able to give them an understanding they...
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John Donne used metaphysical conceits in order to express his ideas. His purpose was to make his reader think, and because many of the people he was trying to reach were illiterate, the conceits were able to give them an understanding they...
The poet asks the sun why it is shining in and disturbing him and his lover in bed. The sun should go away and do other things rather than disturb them, like wake up ants or rush late schoolboys to start their day. Lovers should be permitted to...
Simile:
I, like an usurp'd town to another due