A Donne A Day 18: A Valediction: of the Booke

Another farewell poem from John Donne. This one doesn’t reveal itself as a farewell until the very end. Until that time, it seems very much like “The Canonization” in its hyperbole regarding the lovers as epitomes of love. The ending, though, is a mindbender. Astonishing: and it effects a transformation of everything that’s come before.

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