RENAISSANCE LITERATURE

Name :- VALA ASHA TIDABHAI. ROLL NO :- 41. SEM :- M.A.SEM- PAPER NO :- COURSE NO. 1:THE

RENAISSANCE LITERATURE. TOPIC :- Sweetest Love by John donne. BATCH :- 2015-2017. SUBMITTED :- S.B.GARDI DEPARTMENT OF

ENGLISH M. K.B.U. IMAIL ID :- valaasha10@gmail.com

Sweetest love. John Donne was an

English poet and lawyer. In the church of England.

His works are noted for their strong, sensual style and include sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin translation.

Metaphysical poetry can be considered as a literary movement started by John Donne.

Overview. “Sweetest love I do not Goes” was written

by John Donne for his wife Ann Moore. In the poem, Donne is preparing to go on a

Journey, but his wife is afraid of what will happen to him on the journey and does not want him to go.

Through the poem, Donne expresses his passionate love for his wife by

argument and reason.

1 Stanza. In the first stanza the lover wards off any

fear of a weakened love on his part. Donne begins the poem as if in reply to

his wife, saying that he is not going because he is tired of her and is searching for a new love.

Donne uses the prospect of a journey to help prepare his wife for his death.

Stanza – 2. Moving on with his argument,

Donne uses a concept involving himself and the sun:

1) He says that the sun sets in the evening and returns to rise in the morning.

2) Donne also adds that the sun does not possess desire and sense like he does

The duration of the sun’s journey is also much longer than the duration of his journey. That is why his wife of his has no reason to fear for him.

Stanza-4.Following the pattern of universal to personal , Donne now expresses his love for his wife.The negative reaction of his wife seem to cause in him a corresponding suffering. This testifies to the power anddepth of his love for her.Donne says that it cannot be that his wife loves. him as she says, if in her, his life goes towaste.

Stanza - 5 In the concluding stanza, Donne urges his wife to

do away with her negative thoughts of the future because destiny may fulfill what she fears most.

The poem ends with a positive declaration that those lovers who keep each other a live in their hearts will never be parted.

The poem end with an understanding of the role of destiny in the life of man.ultimately,man has to face destiny in the life of man. Ultimately, man has to face destiny

with strength and dignity.