文档介绍:In1611,JohnDonnewrote"AValediction:ForbiddingMourning"tohiswife,AnneMoreDonne,fortherwhilehewasinFranceconductinggovernmentbusinessandsheremainedhomeinMitcham,England,,in?essence,"Whenwepart,wemustnotmourn."ValedictionisderivedfromtheLatinverbvaledicere,meaningtosayfarewell.(AnotherEnglishwordderivedfromthesameLatinverbisvaledictorian,referringtoastudentscholarwhodeliversafarewelladdressatagraduationceremony.)Thepoemthenexplainsthatamaudlinshowofemotionwouldcheapentheirlove,,afterall,istranscendent,,earthlylove,,aswellasphysical,dimensiontotheirlove,theywillneverreallybeapart,hesays,fortheirsoulswillremainunited–eventhoughtheirbodiesareseparated–untilhereturnstoEngland.????JohnandAnneMoreDonne?JohnDonne(1572-1631)wasoneofEngland',(1584-1617),thenieceofEdgerton'ssecondwife,heknewEdgertonandAnn'sfather–eMore,ChancelloroftheGarter–,hemarriedheranyway,in1601,,,'asionforwriting"AValediction:ForbiddingMourning."Anneborehimtwelvechildren–fiveofwhomdiedveryyoungoratbirth–beforeshediedin1617."Valediction"asaMetaphysicalPoem?Somescholarsclassify"AValediction:ForbiddingMourning"asametaphysicalpoem;:*parisonsorcontrastsofametaphysical(spiritual,transcendent,abstract)qualitytoaconcrete(physical,tangible,sensible)"AValediction:ForbiddingMourning,"pass.(Se