Essay Comparing Since There's No Help And A Valediction Forbidding Sacrifice
Compare and contrast the following poems, Michael Drayton sonnet 61, ‘Since there’s no help’ and John Donne, ‘A valediction: Forbidding Mourning’ with attention to style, imagery, language and formal qualities. Analyze the poems and comment on their effects.
When looked at very closely, poetry of the 16th and 17th century was very similar in ways of expressing feelings and thoughts. However this has not prevented the two from having amazingly huge differences between them, whether it is in the theme or structure. I6th century poetry, otherwise known as Elizabethan poetry was mainly based around courtly love conventions. The unattainability of the lady, passions of the lover and cold emotions of the beloved and expression of the beloved’s
When looked at very closely, poetry of the 16th and 17th century was very similar in ways of expressing feelings and thoughts. However this has not prevented the two from having amazingly huge differences between them, whether it is in the theme or structure. I6th century poetry, otherwise known as Elizabethan poetry was mainly based around courtly love conventions. The unattainability of the lady, passions of the lover and cold emotions of the beloved and expression of the beloved’s