" A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne, and "Sonnet 116" by Shakespeare.
Date Submitted: 07/14/2004 00:29:34
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 5 pages (1410 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 5 pages (1410 words)
Throughout the years, humans have rewritten what true love means. The contemporary meaning of true love is the feeling of lightheartedness that one experiences when around another human. True love in Shakespeare and Donne's time period, was a deep spiritual and emotional connection towards two humans. The connection never fades and grows stronger with separation. Many people believe that one can fall in and out of love; however, many poets wrote about a love that …
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