"Men reckon what it did and meant"
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Earthquake
The line "Thy firmness makes my circle just" in the third stanza of A Valediction Forbidding Mourning can be interpreted as referring to people attributing divine meaning to a natural disaster, seeing it as part of a larger cosmic plan.
It is being beaten into a very thin sheet.
It is being beaten into a very thin sheet.
"Men reckon what it did and meant"
The lovers' love is rooted in the senses. They can only love when they are physically together.
A break separation doesnt break our love, it increases it
Let our seperation be as quiet and untroubled as when a virtuous man dies.
The third stanza in "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne describes mankind's wonder at the nature of the universe. People try to account for the reasons behind why things happen, but in this case the universe was "innocent" and had not intervened.
"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne is about the never ending love he had for his wife. He says that they will never be separated even when they are apart meaning they are always together spiritually. It is a must read poem as it is really touching.
A valediction is a farewell or goodbye (the meaning behind a "valedictory address")
mourning
Sympathy.
The derivatives of the Latin word "vale" include "valeo" meaning "to be strong" or "to be well" and "valediction" meaning "a farewell."