Read the poem "Woman's Constancy" by John Donne. What is the main idea of this poem?Now thou has loved me one whole day,Tomorrow when you leav’st, what wilt thou say?Wilt thou then antedate some new-made vow? Or say that nowWe are not just those persons which we were?Or, that oaths made in reverential fearOf Love, and his wrath, any may forswear?Or, as true deaths true marriages untie,So lovers’ contracts, images of those,Bind but till sleep, death’s image, them unloose?Or, your own end to justify,For having purposed change and falsehood, youCan have no way but falsehood to be true?Vain lunatic, against these ‘scapes I couldDispute and conquer, if I would, Which I abstain to do,For by tomorrow, I may think so too. Works CitedDonne, John. ''Woman's Constancy.'' Poems. John Marriot, 1633. Although he himself still adores his beloved, he sees the signs of apathy and resentment she feels toward him. While he fears his loved one may not be faithful to their relationship, the speaker admits that he also may choose to leave. The speaker celebrates the spiritual union between men and women, believing only "true deaths true marriages untie." Man is constant, but woman is fickle and changing.
Read the poem "Woman's Constancy" by John Donne. What is the main idea of this poem?Now thou has loved me one whole day,Tomorrow when you leav’st, what wilt thou say?Wilt thou then antedate some new-made vow? Or say that nowWe are not just those persons which we were?Or, that oaths made in reverential fearOf Love, and his wrath, any may forswear?Or, as true deaths true marriages untie,So lovers’ contracts, images of those,Bind but till sleep, death’s image, them unloose?Or, your own end to justify,For having purposed change and falsehood, youCan have no way but falsehood to be true?Vain lunatic, against these ‘scapes I couldDispute and conquer, if I would, Which I abstain to do,For by tomorrow, I may think so too. Works CitedDonne, John. ''Woman's Constancy.'' Poems. John Marriot, 1633. Although he himself still adores his beloved, he sees the signs of apathy and resentment she feels toward him. While he fears his loved one may not be faithful to their relationship, the speaker admits that he also may choose to leave. The speaker celebrates the spiritual union between men and women, believing only "true deaths true marriages untie." Man is constant, but woman is fickle and changing.
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Read the poem "Woman's Constancy" by John Donne. What is the main idea of this poem?
Now thou has loved me one whole day,
Tomorrow when you leav’st, what wilt thou say?
Wilt thou then antedate some new-made vow?
Or say that now
We are not just those persons which we were?
Or, that oaths made in reverential fear
Of Love, and his wrath, any may forswear?
Or, as true deaths true marriages untie,
So lovers’ contracts, images of those,
Bind but till sleep, death’s image, them unloose?
Or, your own end to justify,
For having purposed change and falsehood, you
Can have no way but falsehood to be true?
Vain lunatic, against these ‘scapes I could
Dispute and conquer, if I would,
Which I abstain to do,
For by tomorrow, I may think so too.
Works Cited
Donne, John. ''Woman's Constancy.'' Poems. John Marriot, 1633.
Now thou has loved me one whole day,
Tomorrow when you leav’st, what wilt thou say?
Wilt thou then antedate some new-made vow?
Or say that now
We are not just those persons which we were?
Or, that oaths made in reverential fear
Of Love, and his wrath, any may forswear?
Or, as true deaths true marriages untie,
So lovers’ contracts, images of those,
Bind but till sleep, death’s image, them unloose?
Or, your own end to justify,
For having purposed change and falsehood, you
Can have no way but falsehood to be true?
Vain lunatic, against these ‘scapes I could
Dispute and conquer, if I would,
Which I abstain to do,
For by tomorrow, I may think so too.
Works Cited
Donne, John. ''Woman's Constancy.'' Poems. John Marriot, 1633.
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Although he himself still adores his beloved, he sees the signs of apathy and resentment she feels toward him.
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While he fears his loved one may not be faithful to their relationship, the speaker admits that he also may choose to leave.
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The speaker celebrates the spiritual union between men and women, believing only "true deaths true marriages untie."
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Man is constant, but woman is fickle and changing.
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