9. 17th C Poetry: Donne's Valediction Forbidding Mourning
Feb 13, 2014•1 hr 18 min
Episode description
A full class on the poem, and on teasing out the metonymic interaction of its metaphors. The interesting sexual switch at the very end. A discussion mid-class about whether people liked Donne passionately or not: are his wit and strangeness a bug or a feature. Is his poetry poetry you want to quote?
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