How John Donne Showed His Love

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during this time shows it was much
more then just sexual, and the sex was much more meaningful. After the
death of his wife in 1617, Donne was devastated and although he had already
been involved in the church even becoming an ordained minister for the
Church of England (Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia). His relationship with
God became stronger almost as a replacement for his one true love Anne. At
times in his poetry it is even difficult to tell if he is talking about God or his lover.
Whether you think Donne’s poetry is perverted or not one can hardly call his
work anything but genius. He is after all considered to be the leader of the
metaphysical school of poets. As Herbert Grierson explains, Metaphysical
Poetry “has been inspired by a philosophical conception of the universe and
the rôle assigned to the human spirit in a great drama of existence” (147-148).
As Theodore Redpath illustrates “everywhere in the poems are to ...

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it can be thought of as
having a deeper meaning due to the fact that the poem is about two lovers
whose love cannot be understood by anyone else. Nobody believed they
should love each other, and they talk and ridicule them behind their backs.
There love is so great, greater then any other love Donne writes in his poem
“all shall approve / Us canonized for love” (35-36). In other words he is saying
that everyone will look up to them and long for a love as deep as the love
Donne and his lover share. This is one of the many profound metaphors that
can be found in his poetry. Through his use of these metaphors one can sense
how deeply they love each ...

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