Loves Alchemy Flashcards
How would you structure an argument which has a focal point of Frustration and Betrayal
The exclamation “O” marks a pivotal emotional rupture in the poem, intensifying the speakers despair and sense of betrayal by love. It breaks from earlier logic, intensifying the speaker’s despair and sense of betrayal by love. It breaks from earlier logic, as originally the speaker was enfatuated with love, “deeper digged”, however this sudden change in perspective implies that love was the catalyst for this sense of betrayal they are experiencing. Now the speaker is labeling love as “imposture” implying that is is purely performative, much like other beliefs such as the elixir of life “chemic”. This statement coming from a devout priest, challenges the idea of miracles, a rejection that may have been contreversial among the Protestant audience of Donne’s time.
Basically
The speaker has a moment of emotional rupture/ betrayal by love
This is emphasised by the sudden change in stance from being enfatuated by love to detesting it
He labels it as imposture implying it is performative, like other things such as the elixir, “chemic”
Irony in this as he is a devout priest in a Protestant world rejecting the possibilities of Mirracles
