The Song Essay -- John Donne The Song Essays

The SongMany of John Donnes poems are on the field of battle of do and equally asmany on the subject of commove. As a mania poet, especially when Donnewrites vividly on his married woman he is very much concerned with his subject(his wife) however he displace appear selfish and cold in the more than sexualreference poems. To fully make my point I have studied deuce poems,which I believe show his character as less egocentric as in thesexual referenced poems.This poem is written for his wife and is essentially saying replete(p)bye ashe is leaving her physically only arguing that she mustnt be sad ofhis departure and instead arguing that they are not really parting andeach verse is a opposite image or argument for this.I feel that this poem shows distinctly the love that John Donne hadfor his wife. This poem, as well as having a very good recitation of wordsand imagery shows to me true feelings of love for his wife. The linessuch(prenominal) asBut since that IMust die at las t, tis bestto use myself in jestThus by feignd deaths to dieMay be misinterpreted as selfish and self-obsessed comments. Incomforting his wife, who appears to be upset that he is leaving, andconcerned that he is going in weariness for thee, he says that as hewill die eventually anyway, it is good practice (jest) being obscurefor when they will be separated by death. Although it may appear thathe thinks that his wife loves him so much that she needs practice forwhen he dies, in other words he is fond of himself and that his wifeloves him so much, he simply accepts that she loves him and is makingthis point purely to reassure her and make amends for his reluctantabsence from her life.Yesternight the sun went hence,And yet is here today... ....This poem, he is attempt to stop her from leaving by talking to her andasking her. However, they both see to it of their relationship and of theirlove.In answer to my beginning statement that I do not think that JohnDonne is more concerned w ith penning most himself than with adoringhis mistress, I still believe that. In his sexual poems such as TheApparition, The Flea and Going to bed he seems only concerned with sexand himself and I would agree in those contexts he seems selfish anduninterested in anything else the mistresses have to offer. However,when he is a love poet and he is writing closely and to his wife, hestill writes with the same wit and cleverness but the writing flowsand sounds so beautiful. He is very much concerned with his wife morethan himself as every image of her leaves us with an angelic image ofher and his love for her.