The Good Morrow

Question 1

I wonder by my troth what thou and I

did till we loved, were we not weaned till then?

Answer 1

Enjanbament- emphasises togetherness

Childish imagery- suggesting their love is a liminal state;a transition from childhood to adulthood

Alliteration of “w” sound creates rhythm

Question 2

Or snorted we in the seven sleepers den

Answer 2

Religious image of a group of people who hid in a cave to avoid persecution : may mimic the persecution Donne was facing from Anne’s father

Sibelance mimics the soft way he would have been speaking to Anne

The unflattering word “snorted” shows a contempt for his life before sleeping with Anne

Question 3

If ever any beauty I did see,

Which I desired, and got, ‘twas but a dream of thee

Answer 3

Internal rhyming structure

Parenthesis suggests a flippant tone as if he is reluctant to admit past actions

Question 4

And now good-morrow to our waking souls,

Which watch not one another out of fear;

Answer 4

Emphasis on the strength of their love

Idea of their souls being joined, and now waking up to a new life

Question 5

And makes one little room an everywhere.
Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone,
Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,
Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one.

Answer 5

Use of world image to show the scale of their love

Image of the globe links to philosophical images of the spheres

Question 6

Where can we find two better hemispheres,

Without sharp north, without declining west?

Answer 6

Again the idea of travelling to a new world which introduces an astrological idea to the relationship

Question 7

Whatever dies, was not mixed equally;

If our two loves be one, or, thou and I

Answer 7

Emotional hierarchy