Part one of term paper
Why would one wish to forbid that which comes most naturally at the instant of separation? The act of mourning is not solely directed towards the outside, it consoles the self, by following what has been proscribed we attempt to bring back to our lives a semblance of the order that existed before the loss. To mourn is to withdraw from the wo ...

Part two of term paper
... await his parting. Such a man sets an example for lovers. The separation of the soul from the body and the separation of lovers are not an ending but the beginning of a new cycle. Donne uses the reaction of people to death as an analogy of how their love is to be viewed. Donne uses many examples of figurative language throughout his poem eventually ending it with an image of a circle, the symbol of perfection. This perfection is attained by parting at the beginning of the circle and reuniting at th ...