3. What does the poet mean when he uses the word “wealth”?
In the context of the poem, the speaker gazes around at a meadow full of daffodils, without fully understanding how much the scene really means to him. He remembers the moment later on in his life and it brings him COMFORT. With this in mind, think about what the poet means when he speaks of wealth.
In this situation, wealth does not mean money.
Think about a precious memory you have. When you were experiencing that moment, did you know how precious it was? Did you know how much “wealth” it would bring you in the future?
The daffodils that the poet gazed at brought him ____ in days of sadness.
Fill in the blank with an accurate word and your choice will correspond with “wealth” and what it means in this poem.
HINT: I mentioned the word in the first paragraph of my answer. It’s in caps.
Answer: Using shapes and color that do not represent things
Answer:
This passage serves to inform people about Yellowstone National Park and it's features.
Metaphysical conceits are not too strictly defined, but the general idea is that the poet makes use of a clever and unusual extended metaphor throughout much or all of a poem.
In Holy Sonnet XIV, the idea of the speaker as a city barricaded against God's advances is a metaphysical conceit.
Donne is really interested in physical, earthly love, but also really into God and holiness. The huge problem he must deal with is that he is trying to define a sacred, spiritual relationship, but the only tools at his disposal are the language we use and the lives we lead here in the non-sacred world. The Bible makes a big point of this the language God uses is not the language we can use, so the kinds ofcomparissons Donne can make are inherently limited. Our words and metaphors just cannot describe what happens when you get close to God. Donne writes about something he really cannot express, and that struggle is a big calling card for all of his poetry.
It is in the final couplet, that Donne describes how he 'never shall be free' unless God 'ravishes' him. This powerful image that is deemed as holy creates a paradox between purity and sin, symbolising God dominating Donne with ultimate control to become unified as one in the hope of gaining an immortal partner.
Considering John Donne's personal and professional history, Holy Sonnet XIV can also be seen as a personal processing with his own struggle with God and religion in general.
These comparison were very useful to understand the whole poem and read it in a deep way.
