![]() ![]() The speaker goes on to describe, in what sounds like a rant, how his love has not hurt anyone. This person could make fun of his quirks, get a job, go to school, or meditate on the face of the king. ![]() The speaker goes on to tell the listener to do anything but bother him about his love. The poem begins with the speaker telling a listener that they need to be quiet and let him “love.” One will soon discover that love is the most important thing to the listener. ‘ The Canonization’ by John Donne describes a transcendent love that eventually evolves into the idealized baseline for all other aspiring lovers. This is a double reference in that “death” can refer to a climax in a sexual relationship. In this form, they are able to live, die in a blaze of passion, and then live again even more beautifully. In the final stanzas, the speaker introduces a metaphor comparing himself and his lover to a phoenix. This type of metaphor is often unusual and challenging. One of the most important elements of ‘ The Canonization’ is the use of an extended metaphor, known as conceit. Here Donne uses iambic trimeter, or a line with three sets of two beats. Finally, a reader should take note of the last line of every stanza. There are other times in which Donne uses iambic tetrameter, meaning the lines contain four sets of two beats rather than five. The first of these is unstressed and the second stressed. This means that the lines are divided into five sets of two lines. There are moments in the text in which he uses iambic pentameter. ![]() In regards to the meter, Donne was less consistent. The lines rhyme in the pattern of abbacccaa, alternating as the poet saw fit from stanza to stanza. It is a five stanza poem that is separated into sets of nine lines. ‘ The Canonization’ by John Donne was first published in 1633 in Donne’s posthumous collection Songs and Sonnets. ![]()
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