ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so, For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

Detailed explanation-2: -The speaker begins his defense with the words “For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love.” He then proceeds to justify the holiness of his love affair, concluding with the hope that his saintly relationship will become a model for others.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the “Valediction, ” Donne is critical of “dull sublunary” physical love, which could not survive in the absence of the beloved, and expresses a profound preference for spiritual love, which is much rarer-it is not the love of the common men and women.

Detailed explanation-4: -’For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love’: such an opening line demonstrates with refreshing directness John Donne’s genius for grabbing our attention right from the first line of a poem.