Sweetest Love, I do not go Analysis

Sweetest love, I do not go,

For weariness of thee,

Nor in hope the world can show

A fitter love for me;

But since that I

Must die at last, 'tis best

To use myself in jest

Thus by feign'd deaths to die.



Yesternight the sun went hence,

And yet is here today;

He hath no desire nor sense,

Nor half so short a way:

Then fear not me,

But believe that I shall make

Speedier journeys, since I take

More wings and spurs than he.



O how feeble is man's power,

That if good fortune fall,

Cannot add another hour,

Nor a lost hour recall!

But come bad chance,

And we join to'it our strength,

And we teach it art and length,

Itself o'er us to'advance.



When thou sigh'st, thou sigh'st not wind,

But sigh'st my soul away;

When thou weep'st, unkindly kind,

My life's blood doth decay.

It cannot be

That thou lov'st me, as thou say'st,

If in thine my life thou waste,

That art the best of me.



Let not thy divining heart

Forethink me any ill;

Destiny may take thy part,

And may thy fears fulfil;

But think that we

Are but turn'd aside to sleep;

They who one another keep

Alive, ne'er parted be.

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I get it...the first person is an idiot. However, nobody else has even attempted to post an analysis. Try posting useful analysis instead of proving how smart you are by showing how dumb the first person is.
PS...no, I have nothing useful to add. This poem totally mystifies me. Dammit, I hate poetry.

| Posted on 2009-11-01 | by a guest

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All of you are idiots. I truly cannot take anything you say seriously with so many spelling and grammatical errors. Seriously guys? Do you have brains?
Seriously people? Wow...

| Posted on 2009-10-07 | by a guest

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I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure that he is saying that he is leaving her so that when he really dies, she will not be so saddened by it. He would rather her experience his "feigned death" now so that when he is "turned aside to sleep", she will not be so devastated. But I might just be an idiot.

| Posted on 2009-06-18 | by a guest

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I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure that he is saying that he is leaving her so that when he really dies, she will not be so saddened by it. He would rather her experience his "feigned death" now so that when he is "turned aside to sleep", she will not be so devastated. But I might just be an idiot.

| Posted on 2009-06-18 | by a guest

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No, when you figure out how to read properly, you'll see the word "Nor" after what you quoted. This means that he's not leaving because he's weary of her NOR is he leaving because he's trying to look for a better girl.
NOR means that those two are NOT the reasons he's leaving.
Dumb@ss =P

| Posted on 2009-04-08 | by a guest

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"The personna does not want to leave the women, yet he is weary of her."
Yes, That makes perfect sense when considered within the context of the opening lines
"Sweetest love, I do not go,
For weariness of thee,"
Idiot.

| Posted on 2009-04-07 | by a guest

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thank you about this poem but I want explain evry lines finds in poem....
please anyone can explain it, he\she sends me among e-mail .
we can send

| Posted on 2008-11-14 | by a guest

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How can anyone take anything anyone has said about the poem as in any way intelligent when all of the posts are littered with spelling errors of the most basic words!

| Posted on 2008-11-02 | by a guest

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Summarize what the speaker wants his beloved to do while he is away.
Not to fear but believe that he shall make speedier journeys.

| Posted on 2008-10-31 | by a guest

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i disagree with a point or two made directly above
The speaker is not leaving because 'he is weary of her'. The opening stanza contradicts this interpretation quite readily.
I do not go/ For weariness of thee
Hence he is assuring her that he isnt leaving because he is bored of the women, in fact he expresses the notion that the world cannot possibly offer a 'fitter love' for him.
further more, its incorrect to assume the speaker is addressing his wife as it is never alluded to in the text. (its never actually stated that that the speaker is even addressing a woman, though i believe this assumption is a safer one.)

| Posted on 2008-10-07 | by a guest

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This song is about destiny and fate. Donne must leave his lover even though he does not want to, and attempts to comfort he with this knowledge “I do not go / For weariness of thee”. Donne believes he and his wife to one and that they cannot survive apart. You get the sense that Donne is not actually leaving but actually dieing which is shown in the last line “Alive, ne'er parted be.”. This makes this assumption as if this is true then the only way he could leave her like he said he will is if he is dieing

| Posted on 2008-05-13 | by a guest

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The poem was written in 1611 by John dunne for his wife Ann. The rhythmn is graceful, flowing and regualr. Where it avoids this trend, we see sprinkles of sadness in the peom. The tone is gentle and symplistic, a balance can be noted throughout the poem, its sequence and economy are apparent. The language is delicate in dealing with the personna's pain, it is simple and direct.

In stanza 1 there is a gerat sense of death, a seperation from ones beloved. The personna does not want to leave the women, yet he is weary of her.
Stanza 2 speaks of the personna seperation, being cause by a journey that he is going on. he reminds her that like the sun that goes away at night, he will aleways come back again, as the sun does in the morning.
The is a cahnge of tone in stanza 3, to emphasise a sence of forbodding. It hints at some kind of 'bad news' that would cause seperation between man and wife. The personna realises that he cannot control his own destiny.
Stanza 4 deals with the mystery of life, and how we cannot control how it will all end up, or where we will be. In a sense, life is a wheel of fortune, and we have no control over what it decides.
The 5th and final stanza see the personna warnig his wife of the impending events ahead. It is realised that both husband can wife keep each other alive and invigorated, and cannot survive parted.
The movement and tone of the poem are very graceful. Energy is replaced with tender cincern.


| Posted on 2005-09-19 | by Approved Guest