Welcome back to Lit everybody! Today was spent in discussion of John Donne's highly metaphysical "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning." As we studied the poem together, many hidden significances were brought to light; the poem took on a new and greater meaning as we analysed the conceits and comparisons Donne so brilliantly uses to illustrate and illuminate the rare love he and his lover share. The longest geographical name that is accepted in the world is “Taumatawhakatangihangak oauauotamateaturipukaka pikimaungahoronukupokaiwhe nua kitanatahu” (85 letters) which is a hill in New Zealand – it is a Maori phrase which translates to “place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as land-eater, played his flute to his loved one”. Mrs. Loconte suggests rereading the poem and commentary to cement these ideas in your mind and garner even more enjoyment from this profound poem. For homework, read Holy Sonnets 6 and 10, and Meditation 17.
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