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In the poem "A Valediction of Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne the persona is trying to convey a message to his lover that although they are going to be separated they will still have a union of love. In this poem, the persona attempts to pe ....

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... this as that he is about to leave and doesn't want his lover to be sad, but it also conveys the message that when the morning comes it will be a time for them to part. Therefore, I ask, "aren't we all guilty at one point or another while in a love relationship of trying to convey a message to a loved one and they in turn have misinterpreted that message?" The poem begins "As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whispering their souls to go." Here the persona is trying to convey to his lover that she should deal with his leaving as though it is a death. Not a death in which she should be sad, but of a death of a man that was a very good hum ...