In John Donne's poem, "The Good-Morrow," Donne uses conceit to convey the image that love is a "new world." He compares his life to an endless sleeper, who when awoken, is shown a bright new world of love and happiness. This imagery is evident throughout the poem.
In the first stanza, Donne tells of his engagement to his lover. Further on, he explains how his life was "childish," how all lovers previuos to his current were because of his immaturity, and how his entire love-life before finding "true love" was simply a long slumber.
In stanze two, Donne explains how his love with his lover is like a sunrise in the morning; fresh, new, and invigorating. He uses the visual imagery of sea-men, maps, and treasures to show his great feelings of love and compassion. Not only does he experience great love, but he wishes this love unto other in line 13, hoping others may find "maps" tleading to great "treasures," love. At the end of this stanza, reference is given to the belief that every human being is their own little "world." This, taken into context with the previous few lines, suggest that the aforementioned maps and treasures lie within, and like a navigator, one must discover the true feelings of love.
In the final stanza, Donne explains how the combination of the love from himself and the love from his lover are mixed equally together, suggesting that their love will never die for each other.
In conclusion, the use of heavenly body imagery produces a "sweet" effect, which causes the reader to recognize that love in life is important; and hope that they may find the compass to someone's heart.
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At first i was a little confused when you said that Donne uses conceit, because i only knew the word in terms of prideful. but once i looked it up everything made sense! this was a great term and technique to go after and you did it well.
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