Twicknham Garden
IGNOU MEG01 BLOCK-2 Unit-13 John Donne: Portrait of the Man, His Thematic and Technical Innovations and textual study of four Love Poems
Unit 13 Twicknham Garden
1st stanza -
Poet is angry and comes to the garden, which is probably his patroness, whom he had paid handsome tributes to. He thinks the garden is a panacea.
Compared to snake and spider. Turning Manna to Gall.
2nd Stanza-
The garden is sinister and the trees are laughing at him. He wishes to be a tree or fountain in the garden.
3rd stanza:
Compares his tears to the mistress and claims it’s not the same.
Unreciprocated love is no love.
Devices:
Allusion
Rhyme - ABABBCCDD
Enjambment
Personification
Alliteration
Symbol and Metaphor
Block-3 The Metaphysical Poets: Donne, Herbert
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