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The Good-Morrow
1 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 17, 2012
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John Donne
906 books712 followersJohn Donne was an English poet, preacher and a major representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works are notable for their realistic and sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor, especially as compared to that of his contemporaries.
Despite his great education and poetic talents, he lived in poverty for several years, relying heavily on wealthy friends. In 1615 he became an Anglican priest and, in 1621, was appointed the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Despite his great education and poetic talents, he lived in poverty for several years, relying heavily on wealthy friends. In 1615 he became an Anglican priest and, in 1621, was appointed the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London.
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March 6, 2016
I genuinely loved this poem! The metaphysical conceits drawn in it were so, so beautiful. I'm definitely going to read more of Metaphysical poetry after last semester's prescribed poems and this time's T. S. Eliot's critical essay on Metaphysical poets!
July 11, 2017
It's honestly a pretty bland poem about two people in love who act as if they're not only the only people who have ever fallen in love before, but are the only two people who have ever lived.
December 15, 2017
"If ever any beauty I did see,
Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee. "
We covered this poem in university and i must admit, It's written beautifully.
Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee. "
We covered this poem in university and i must admit, It's written beautifully.
December 18, 2019
The Good-Morrow by John Donne (died 1631)
“.. "If ever any beauty I did see,
Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee...”
“… My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears..”
The wording here is a forerunner of Emily Brontë’s “He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.” - Wuthering Heights (1847)
“.. "If ever any beauty I did see,
Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee...”
“… My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears..”
The wording here is a forerunner of Emily Brontë’s “He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.” - Wuthering Heights (1847)
December 5, 2021
so beautiful...
August 11, 2016
A very beautiful love poem.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 2, 2024
In early modern literature John Donne is famous metaphysical poet.
The poet begins by exposing how he is carryed by love to the extent that he wonders what the life could have been had without meeting her He wonder what both of them had been doing till the meet. Were they not weaned (grown) enough to meet? Or have we been sleeping along with the seven sleepers (the group of seven people who hid inside cave and woke up after 30 years)?
If that is not the case, then all the pleasures he had gone through before he meet her , is nothing but a mare dreams.
The speaker continues by telling saying if ever he had seen anything that looked beautiful before meeting his love, it is nothing but just a dream. The first stanza depict that if anything happens before the meet with his love is just a mare fictional dream.
In the second stanza the poet captured the title of the peom after the dream good morning. This to tell us this is just the beginning of the love .They see each other not for fear but for love. Because they want to look at each other.
"And make one little room an everywhere" means let them make their room with everything they need. He say map is only important to others who may wish to travel the land, but as for them, their room is Okey. " let us posses one world" Their bodies which both of them have "but thier bodies" is their word and the bodies have become one "each bath one, and is one".
He begins the last stanza by portraying his love to make his face her mirror as he does to hers. The love the share to each other come from the plainly from the Herat. Where can we find better lovers so perfect without the other love more than the other.
" Whatever dies, what not mixed equally".
This is to say any love that perishes is not equally reciprocated. In the last two lines he tells us that if any love become like theirs, nothing can make it perished.
(Hope) is one of the themes deploy in the poet in line 12 "let sea discover to new world have gone". (Love) ia the major theme depict in the peom it can be found everywhere in the peom. For instance in stanza 1 he explains the gravity of his love to his lover. In stanza to he exposes he is like a new born baby who doesn't know anything but love. In stanza three he says by his lover by his side, he doesn't need anything.
The poet employs Rhetoric question: question that does not need reply .This is used in line 1,2,3,and 4.
Alliteration: This can be found in the following places
- wonder ... What line 1
- were we not weaned line 2
- snorted.... Seven sleepers.. line 4
-which watch not one line 9
Repetition: Certain words repeats in the peom, they include: love, let, I, thou.
Hyperbole: The use of exaggeration statement employs like ..
Let sea- discovers to new worlds have gone
My face in thine eyes, thine in mine appears.
If ever any beauty I did see ..was but a dream.
The poet begins by exposing how he is carryed by love to the extent that he wonders what the life could have been had without meeting her He wonder what both of them had been doing till the meet. Were they not weaned (grown) enough to meet? Or have we been sleeping along with the seven sleepers (the group of seven people who hid inside cave and woke up after 30 years)?
If that is not the case, then all the pleasures he had gone through before he meet her , is nothing but a mare dreams.
The speaker continues by telling saying if ever he had seen anything that looked beautiful before meeting his love, it is nothing but just a dream. The first stanza depict that if anything happens before the meet with his love is just a mare fictional dream.
In the second stanza the poet captured the title of the peom after the dream good morning. This to tell us this is just the beginning of the love .They see each other not for fear but for love. Because they want to look at each other.
"And make one little room an everywhere" means let them make their room with everything they need. He say map is only important to others who may wish to travel the land, but as for them, their room is Okey. " let us posses one world" Their bodies which both of them have "but thier bodies" is their word and the bodies have become one "each bath one, and is one".
He begins the last stanza by portraying his love to make his face her mirror as he does to hers. The love the share to each other come from the plainly from the Herat. Where can we find better lovers so perfect without the other love more than the other.
" Whatever dies, what not mixed equally".
This is to say any love that perishes is not equally reciprocated. In the last two lines he tells us that if any love become like theirs, nothing can make it perished.
(Hope) is one of the themes deploy in the poet in line 12 "let sea discover to new world have gone". (Love) ia the major theme depict in the peom it can be found everywhere in the peom. For instance in stanza 1 he explains the gravity of his love to his lover. In stanza to he exposes he is like a new born baby who doesn't know anything but love. In stanza three he says by his lover by his side, he doesn't need anything.
The poet employs Rhetoric question: question that does not need reply .This is used in line 1,2,3,and 4.
Alliteration: This can be found in the following places
- wonder ... What line 1
- were we not weaned line 2
- snorted.... Seven sleepers.. line 4
-which watch not one line 9
Repetition: Certain words repeats in the peom, they include: love, let, I, thou.
Hyperbole: The use of exaggeration statement employs like ..
Let sea- discovers to new worlds have gone
My face in thine eyes, thine in mine appears.
If ever any beauty I did see ..was but a dream.
July 7, 2024
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Once more another boring poem which didn’t work for me.
However I need give this poem some points for not having the generic plot of poems have. Even thou I wasn’t the biggest fan of the plot of this poem.
The writing style here was pretty weak it might be just me who is very picky about what I liked and what I don’t like. But in my opinion it was pretty uninteresting.
https://thebookcornerchronicles.com/2...
Once more another boring poem which didn’t work for me.
However I need give this poem some points for not having the generic plot of poems have. Even thou I wasn’t the biggest fan of the plot of this poem.
The writing style here was pretty weak it might be just me who is very picky about what I liked and what I don’t like. But in my opinion it was pretty uninteresting.
March 6, 2025
If ever any beauty I did see,
Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee.
And now good-morrow to our waking souls,
Which watch not one another out of fear;
For love, all love of other sights controls,
And makes one little room an everywhere.
Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone,
Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,
Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one.
Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee.
And now good-morrow to our waking souls,
Which watch not one another out of fear;
For love, all love of other sights controls,
And makes one little room an everywhere.
Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone,
Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,
Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one.
May 23, 2026
John Donne-এর The Good-Morrow প্রেমকে শুধু আবেগ হিসেবে নয়, আত্মিক জাগরণ হিসেবেও তুলে ধরে। কবিতার শুরুতে অতীতের অপরিণত জীবন আর শেষে গভীর ও পরিপূর্ণ ভালোবাসার উপলব্ধি—এই পরিবর্তনটি অসাধারণভাবে ফুটে উঠেছে। metaphysical poetry-এর জটিল ভাবনা থাকলেও ভাষার ভেতরে এক ধরনের আন্তরিক উষ্ণতা রয়েছে। বিশেষ করে প্রেমিক-প্রেমিকার সম্পর্ককে “two better hemispheres” দিয়ে ব্যাখ্যা করার অংশটি খুবই স্মরণীয়। এটি এমন একটি কবিতা, যা প্রেমকে ক্ষণিক অনুভূতির বদলে চিরস্থায়ী বন্ধন হিসে���ে দেখায়
June 8, 2019
My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears
A poem on the immortal love of poet for his lover
A poem on the immortal love of poet for his lover
May 17, 2021
good book
October 30, 2022
For love, all love of other sights controls,
And makes one little room an everywhere.
now thats a hell of a quote!!
And makes one little room an everywhere.
now thats a hell of a quote!!
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September 23, 2024"Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one"
"My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears"
"Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die"
"My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears"
"Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die"
December 30, 2018
Had a fun time reading this one.
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