Question

12. In which excerpt for John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" does the speaker tell his wife why she should keep his departure a secret?
A. "...Thy firmness makes my circle just,/And makes me end where I begun."
B. "...A breach, but an expansion,/Like gold to airy thinness beat."
C. "...But trepidation of the spheres,/Though greater far, is innocent."
D. "...'Twere profanation of our joys/To tell the laity our love."

Answer 1

Answer: D. "...'Twere profanation of our joys/To tell the laity our love."

Explanation: From the given excerpts from "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne, the one where the speaker tell his wife why she should keep his departure a secret is ""...'Twere profanation of our joys/To tell the laity our love" in that phrase he is implying that their happiness would be interrupted or "profaned" if she told anyone about their love and their departure.

Answer 2

D)
In, Twere profession of our joys/To tell the laity our love john Donne's " A Validation forbidding Mourning" speaker tell his wife that why should she keep his departure a secret.