Question

Discuss the development of thought in the poem ‘a valediction forbidding mourning'.

Answer 1

This poem by John Donne is based on the feelings of separation between two lovers.

The poet says that he will neither lose breath nor shed tears on the loss of love.

He admits that separation is inevitable and his entire body has become motionless thinking of the event.


He blames the other person for breaching the faith and her stubborn attitude for the end of this relationship.