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.
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Hey, really good commentary. youbrought up some points that i ahdnt thought of, such as the past present and future aspects of his love life and his quest for love. i didn't think of the second stanza's constant use of worlds in different context as evidence towards his past and future love life. i also really liked the fact that you also tied in good morrow as a symbol of his moving on towards a brighter future, i also had something along those lines, i think almost everyone did. anyways i liked your commentary.
Awww thanks Roman! Yeah, The different tenses Donne used really stood out to me. Also, the mention of words like worlds and other ones really confused me at first but then I kinda figured out that they all had something in common..that something was the common theme of exploration and traveling.
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