Question

What message does the poet convey through combination of paradox and simile in these lines from the passage?

Answer 1

C
The poet is indicating that although the separation will be painful, it will strengthen their bond

Answer 2

What message does the poet convey through combination of paradox and simile in these lines from the passage?

Answer: After carefully reading the lines from the passage presented above, which are from John Donne’s poem “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” I concluded that he is trying to say that he and his mistress are one but not quite while comparing their relationship to the legs in a compass. The best answer is choice C) Their separation will only cause their united soul to expand.

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