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5. 17th Century Poetry Donne's "Go and Catch a Falling Star" and "The Ecstasy"

Published: Jan. 29, 2014, 7:53 p.m.

The puzzling -- even mysterious last lines of "Go and Catch a Falling Star." \xa0How not\xa0to read them. \xa0Their relation to "The Ecstasy" and the questions of bodies and minds, thus absence and presence. \xa0And the odd presence in Donne of a third person there, in so many poems.