A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
If the world were a perfect place then everyone would find their soul mate. Together, the two destined lovers would spend the rest of their days side by side, hand in hand, living an utterly satisfying life in a world filled with tranquility and love. Although this utopian world spoken of is not a reality, the love in it can exist. John Donne wrote a poem in which he expressed a concept that love need no physical presence to be strong. The poem is entitled "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" and in regards to this title, one is presented with his concept that there is no need to be sad as one will later find out, he is referring to a departure.
Donne starts off the poem by describing how men are sorrowful when they leave their loved ones. Then by the fifth stanza there is a change in tone as the speaker refers to his own lover: "But we by a love so much refinedÂ…Care less, eyes, lips, and hands to miss" (ll.16-20). These two lovers don't feel the sorrow of all the couples separated because they do not feel as though they are apart. Unlike the other men, this couple knows that there is no greater, purer, force on earth than their love.
Their love goes beyond their physical presence, so much that their love seems to reside primarily within their souls. They are joined together as one, a unity that is not to be separated. This exemplifies one quality of ideal love. Their relationship is filled with trust and faith. Hope leads them to sincerely believe that they will able to remain together in love even though their bodies may not be in the same place. This is a true test that their love is genuine and not just a physical lust. The couple should also be able to function on a daily basis with out their lover by their side. It is in this sense of independence that they are dependent on their combined soul.
These soul mates are connected as one, which solidifies the fact that they remain unable to be torn from one another. One...
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