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- Introduction
- Timeline
- Author(s)
- Donne, John
- Herbert, George
- Crashaw, Richard
- Vaughan, Henry
- Marvell, Andrew
- Who were the Metaphysicals?
- The context of Metaphysical Poetry
- Social / political context
- Religious / philosophical context
- Literary context: ideas and innovations
- John Donne: Poem analysis
- Aire and Angels
- A Hymn to God the Father
- A Hymn to God, my God, in my Sicknesse
- A Nocturnall upon St. Lucies day
- At the Round Earth's Imagin'd Corners
- A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
- Synopsis of Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
- Commentary on Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
- Themes in Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
- Imagery and symbolism in Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
- Language and tone in Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
- Structure and versification in Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
- A Valediction: of Weeping
- Batter my heart
- Death be not Proud
- Elegie XIX: Going to Bed
- Elegie XVI: On his Mistris
- Good Friday, 1613. Riding Westward
- Lovers' Infiniteness
- Oh my blacke Soule!
- Satyre III: 'On Religion'
- Show me Deare Christ
- Since She Whom I Lov'd
- Song: Goe, and catche a falling starre
- The Anniversarie
- The Dreame
- The Extasie
- The Flea
- The Good-morrow
- The Sunne Rising
- This is my playes last scene
- Twicknam Garden
- What if this present
- George Herbert: Poem analysis
- Aaron
- Affliction I
- Death
- Discipline
- Easter Wings
- Jordan I
- Jordan II
- Life
- Love II
- Man
- Prayer I
- Redemption
- The Church-floore
- The Collar
- Vertue
- Richard Crashaw: Poem analysis
- Hymn in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
- Hymn to St Teresa
- St Mary Magdalene, or the Weeper
- To the Countesse of Denbigh
- Henry Vaughan: Poem analysis
- Ascension - Hymn
- Man
- Regeneration
- The Night
- The Retreate
- The Water-fall
- Andrew Marvell: Poem analysis
- A Dialogue between Soul and Body
- On a Drop of Dew
- The Coronet
- The Definition of Love
- The Garden
- The Mower Against Gardens
- The Mower to the Glo-Worms
- The Mower's Song
- The Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Faun
- The Picture of Little T.C. in a Prospect of Flowers
- To his Coy Mistress
- Upon Appleton House, to my Lord Fairfax
- Thomas Carew: Poem analysis
- An Elegie upon the Death of the Deane of Paul's Dr John Donne
- To a Lady that Desired I would Love her
- Henry King: Poem analysis
- Richard Lovelace: Poem analysis
- Abraham Cowley: Poem analysis
- Katherine Philips: Poem analysis
- John Cleveland: Poem analysis
- Themes and significant ideas
- Critical analysis
- Approaching exams and essays
- Resources and further reading
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John Donne: Poem analysis » A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning » Synopsis of Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
A valediction is a leave-taking. It is generally thought this poem refers to a voyage Donne made in 1612 in a bid to further his career. It is one of a number of valedictions he wrote, and is probably the best known of them, though A Valediction: of Weeping is as fine a poem. At the other extreme, we have Elegie XVI: On his Mistris, which is more of a joke than anything.
A sub-genre in which leave is taken or goodbyes are said.
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