9. 17th C Poetry: Donne's Valediction Forbidding Mourning

Published: Feb. 13, 2014, 4:06 p.m.

A full class on the poem, and on teasing out the metonymic interaction of its metaphors. \xa0The interesting sexual switch at the very end. \xa0A discussion mid-class about whether people liked Donne passionately or not: are his wit and strangeness a bug or a feature. Is his poetry poetry you want to quote?