John Donne's poem, Love's Diet HELP!!!

The purpose for writing the poem seems implicit in the last stanza-the "turn" of the poem.

The poet wants the freedom to "go talk or sleep" the mundane activities that Love takes away.

The final conceit uses hunting to suggest the freedom the poet has acquired through his "diet".His taming of the instinct of love has turned it into a "game".

My questions to you still stand:

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Originally Posted by ShoutGrace

I'm not trying to make the poem anything. How much Donne have you read?


Do you consider promiscuity in women a good thing? Did Donne?

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Originally Posted by happyjackf

u just randomly quoted me and asked rhetorical questions but by no means proved the fact that donne is negative to women

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That's fine. I suggest you re-read this thread with a view towards comprehension, rather than disputation for its own sake. I hope you did well with your homework and I hope you enjoy Donne.

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Originally Posted by happyjackf

yeah thats great use of evidence to prove a point... u got me... quite the literary expert...i guess

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You're totally correct here. I had mistakenly assumed that any reader with the slightest smidgen of intellect would inherently understand that I was being entirely facetious (one reason for which, of course, was your choosing of the word "bash"). But you've clearly repudiated my assumption (take note that there is actually a compliment to be found there). I hope you don't continue to read poetry in the same manner as the one that you've mangled my posts with.

Anthony Furze: I'll go back and look at the poem with your reading in mind.