Question

What message does the poet convey through combination of paradox and simile in these lines from the passage?

Our two souls therefore, which are one,
Though I must go, endure not yet
A breach, but an expansion,
Like gold to airy thinness beat.

A. The physical separation of their souls will intensify their grief.
B. The distance will lead them to grow apart from each other.
C. Their separation will only cause their united soul to expand.
D. Their relationship will falter under the pressure of parting.

Answer 1

What message does the poet convey through combination of paradox and simile in these lines from the passage?

Answer: After carefully reading the lines from the passage presented above, which are from John Donne’s poem “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” I concluded that he is trying to say that he and his mistress are one but not quite while comparing their relationship to the legs in a compass. The best answer is choice C) Their separation will only cause their united soul to expand.

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Answer 2

C
The poet is indicating that although the separation will be painful, it will strengthen their bond