Woman's Constancy- The Commentary! mewmewmewmew!!!!

In Woman's Constancy, by John Donne, the writer uses diction and catalogue to show his or her uncertainty and instability of their marriage. From the beginning of the poem, there is a hint of irony and satire from the 1st line to the actual title of the poem. When you first see the title of the poem, you might automatically think that it'll be something nice and romantic towards women, but its actually the complete opposite. Personally, I thats what I thought of when I first read the title because I know that John Donne is considered a metaphysical and romantic poet but I was completely surprised by the actual poem.
In Woman's Constancy, Donne uses a lot of diction in the poem to describe the confusion the speaker has about the condition of his or her marriage. Throghout the poem, there is a tone of anger and uncertainty bcuz the speaker feels as if their lover/spouse isn't fully committed or faithful. The diction also reveals that the speaker doesn't really believe in the true power or spiritual aspect of marriage.
In my opinion, I feel that the speaker really wanted to have a good marriage but they didnt really believe in the true meaning of marriage. When I look at the diction, I feel that the speaker saw his or her marriage as more of a legal agreement than a spiritual connection. For example, Donne uses words like oaths, contracts, and vow and, this shows that the speaker sees the legal component to marriage but they arent really seeing it from a spiritual or romantic aspect. Also, the speaker uses words like fear, wrath, untie, death, unloose, and dispute. These words show that the speaker has no connection with their spouse and there is a feeling of separation because the words untie and unloose show that theres no type of unity or trust within their marriage or relationship.

Woman's Constancy

Now thou hast loved me one whole day,
Tomorrow when thou leav'st, what wilt thou say?
Wilt thou then antedate some new made vow?
Or say that now
We are not just those persons, which we were?
Or, that oaths made in reverential fear
Of love, and his wrath, any may forswear?
Or, as true deaths, true marriages untie,
So lovers' contracts, images of those,
Bind but till sleep, death's image, them unloose?
Or, your own end to justify,
For having purposed change, and falsehood, you
Can have no way but falsehood to be true?
Vain lunatic, against these 'scapes I could
Dispute, and conquer, if I would,
Which I abstain to do,
For by tomorrow, I may think so too.

Good Morrow

In the poem Good Morrow by John Donne, the use of diction is used to express Donnes desire to find true love. Throughout the poem, John Donne uses many ways to express one emotion. That one emotion would of course be love. Donne really manipulates and masters the control over words and uses them in interesting ways. He uses them to outline his overall quest for spritual happiness with his one true love.
Throughout Good Morrow, John Donne uses different words and allusions as pieces of a puzzle to complete his extended metaphor. The diction in Good Morrow is used express his love fo a special person. However, he also uses it to highlight his past present and future experiences with seraching for love.
There are many examples of this and one of them is in the 2nd stanza "Let Sea-Discoveres to new worlds have gone" Shows that he is searching all over the world for his one true love. Also, the word Maps indicates that he is perhaps lost and trying to find a certain direction to go in. The word one shows that Donne has a desire to be united and connected spritually with this person he just met.
Another thing the diction does is highlight Donne's journey on his spritual quest for true love.. The 1st stanza has alot of past tense phrases like "Did, till we loved?" and this shows that he analyzes his past actions and feelings before meeting her. In the 2nd stanza, he says "good-morrow to our waking souls" and this line shows that Donne is just beginning something new with his love. Also, the word good-morrow means good morning and this indicates a new beginning in his life. In the 3rd stanza, Donne has many questions such as "Where can we find two better hemispheres without sharp north, without declining west?". This shows that Donne is very wishful yet uncertain about the future condition of their relationship.