In "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning", John Donne describes a perfect and unchangeable love between two people. Throughout the poem he skillfully compares the love of the speaker and his lady to things that seem completely different to the love between them. Aside from metaphors and similes, Donne conveys double-meanings by using connotation and denotation. To understand the meaning of the poem you must first know the denotive meanings of the vocabulary. In the title "valediction" …showed first 75 words of 621 total…

…showed last 75 words of 621 total…where he started. Donne compares this circle made by the journey to God and eternity because it has no beginning and no end. The circle also represents the perfection of the love between him and his wife. The poem as a whole is a rush of ideas and associations, very complex, and highly intellectual; at the same time it remains a love poem and teaches you to be confident in your love and your relationships.