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Funeral , The Analysis
Author: Poetry of John Donne Type: Poetry Views: 1342
Whoever comes to shroud me, do not harm
Nor question much
That subtle wreath of hair, which crowns my arm;
The mystery, the sign, you must not touch,
For 'tis my outward soul,
Viceroy to that, which then to heaven being gone,
Will leave this to control
And keep these limbs, her provinces, from dissolution.
For if the sinewy thread my brain lets fall
Through every part
Can tie those parts, and make me one of all,
Those hairs which upward grew, and strength and art
Have from a better brain,
Can better do'it; except she meant that I
By this should know my pain,
As prisoners then are manacled, when they'are condemn'd to die.
Whate'er she meant by'it, bury it with me,
For since I am
Love's martyr, it might breed idolatry,
If into other hands these relics came;
As 'twas humility
To afford to it all that a soul can do,
So, 'tis some bravery,
That since you would have none of me, I bury some of you.
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In 'The Funeral', Donne clearly has been scorned by a woman, but in the first stanza, is idolising her, and putting her on the pedestal almost constantly. |However, in the second Stanza Donne is making his dislike of the woman clear, becaus she is now controlling his body and his ations. He makes it clear that her hair is now acting as a viceroy, and is in possesion of his body, and he feels imprisoned and 'manacled' because of this. But, in the last stanza, he becomes confused, ad decide that he doesnt know what he feels for this woman at all, but in the final linje, he decides that because of the scorn she has shown him, he will die and bury the wreath of hair with him, as a final act of defiance.
| Posted on 2009-11-08 | by a guest
In 'The Funeral', Donne clearly has been scorned by a woman, but in the first stanza, is idolising her, and putting her on the pedestal almost constantly. |However, in the second Stanza Donne is making his dislike of the woman clear, becaus she is now controlling his body and his ations. He makes it clear that her hair is now acting as a viceroy, and is in possesion of his body, and he feels imprisoned and 'manacled' because of this. But, in the last stanza, he becomes confused, ad decide that he doesnt know what he feels for this woman at all, but in the final linje, he decides that because of the scorn she has shown him, he will die and bury the wreath of hair with him, as a final act of defiance.
| Posted on 2009-11-08 | by a guest
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Hair and fingernails do not continue to grow after you die. its the water going out of your body that begins to shrivle you up that the hair and the nails look longer, because the skin is shrinking back
| Posted on 2008-05-03 | by a guest
Hair and fingernails do not continue to grow after you die. its the water going out of your body that begins to shrivle you up that the hair and the nails look longer, because the skin is shrinking back
| Posted on 2008-05-03 | by a guest
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this is not correct; the wreath of hair belongs to a woman he is in love with. she is married and has given him her hair to tease him. she pities him because he feels as if he cannot live without her and idolizes her every move. he is dying of a broken heart and taking her hair to the grave with him. he is burying a piece of her, since she is the reason of his death. this comes from the idea of "courtly love" in the 1600's.
| Posted on 2007-12-05 | by a guest
this is not correct; the wreath of hair belongs to a woman he is in love with. she is married and has given him her hair to tease him. she pities him because he feels as if he cannot live without her and idolizes her every move. he is dying of a broken heart and taking her hair to the grave with him. he is burying a piece of her, since she is the reason of his death. this comes from the idea of "courtly love" in the 1600's.
| Posted on 2007-12-05 | by a guest
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I will analyse the first part of this poem, which is my favourite.
John Donne makes an excellent use of the conceit, one of the major features of the English Metaphysical Poets of the 17th century. A person has died and his hairs continue growing. He then explains that his hairs, which like in every corpse keep on growing after death, are like a viceroy that has been sent to keep the body together, like a ruler keeps his provinces "from dissolution". This is a startling comparison, which took my breath the first time I read it. You can also see "knowledge of science" in the fact that he doesn't use the conventional images such as a rose to represent "love" or a pearl to represent "purity"; John Donne compares his hairs, which will continue growing after death, to a viceroy sent to keep his provinces together when the current ruler has died.
| Posted on 2005-07-16 | by Approved Guest
I will analyse the first part of this poem, which is my favourite.
John Donne makes an excellent use of the conceit, one of the major features of the English Metaphysical Poets of the 17th century. A person has died and his hairs continue growing. He then explains that his hairs, which like in every corpse keep on growing after death, are like a viceroy that has been sent to keep the body together, like a ruler keeps his provinces "from dissolution". This is a startling comparison, which took my breath the first time I read it. You can also see "knowledge of science" in the fact that he doesn't use the conventional images such as a rose to represent "love" or a pearl to represent "purity"; John Donne compares his hairs, which will continue growing after death, to a viceroy sent to keep his provinces together when the current ruler has died.
| Posted on 2005-07-16 | by Approved Guest
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