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POEM: SONG BY JOHN DONNENAME MATRIC NO.

DINA SHAZWANI BINTI MAHAYUDDIN D 20111047718

JASMEET KAUR A/P UTUMBER SINGH D 20111047735

SITI AMEERA ATHIRAH BINTI ABDULLAH D 20111047731

NURULAKYUN BINTI YUSOFF D 20111047737

SEMESTER: 4 / GROUP A

LECTURER: MR. HJ MOHAMMAD SIDIK BIN ARIFFIN


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METAPHYSICAL


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BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN DONNE

Early lifeMarriage to

Anne More

Career Death


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ANALYSIS

FIRST POINT OF VIEW

This poem talks on the impossibility

of finding a perfect woman.


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1ST STANZA

The poet indicates that finding a true woman is

same as finding a falling star.

It is not in our hand to get what we desire.

Moments of one life will just pass by.

Women are tainted by sins and imperfection.

There is no perfect women and to find one,will be something impossible.


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2ND STANZA

In order to find an ideal woman, one should go

for a quest.

Still, it will be impossible to find the perfect

woman.

We can travel as far as we want but will never

find a true and fair woman.


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3RD STANZA

There some hope in poet.

He wishes the persona manages to find aperfect woman.

Worth all the hardship.

Refuses to see the woman.

By the time the persona writes a letter to him,

the woman would have become unfaithful.Tripod.John Donnes Song: Catch A Falling Star. Retrieved on

March 13, 2013, from http://donnethispoem.tripod.com/


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2ND POINT OF VIEW

FIRST STANZA:

The poet falls for a wrong girl but tries to be positive.

SECOND STANZA:

Even after reincarnation, there will be no one like her.

THIRD STANZA:

The poet is about to die. He writes a will and eventuallyfinds out about her true colour. Yet, he will wait for her,even if it takes two or three generations.


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Impossibility of

finding

the perfect woman


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Go and catch a falling star.

Get with child a mandrake root,

Tell me where all past years are,

Or who cleft the devils foot,

Teach me to hear mermaids singing,

Or to keep off envys stinging,

And find,

What wind

Serves to advance an honest mind


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If thou best born to strange sights,Things invisible to see,

Ride ten thousand days and nights,

Till age snow white hairs on thee,

Thou, when thou returnst, wilt tell me,All strange wonders that befell thee,

And swear

No where

Lives a woman true,and fair


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If thou findst one, let me know,

Such a pilgrimage were sweet.

Yet do not; I would not go,

Though at next door we might meet.

Though she were true when you met her,

And last, till you write your letter,

Yet she

Will be

False,ere I come, to two, or three


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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE


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TONE

SATIRICAL

CYNICAL

MOCKING


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DICTION

Conceits

strange paradox

far-fetched imagery


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RHYME

STANZA 1:

ababccddd

STANZA 2:ababcbddd

STANZA 3:

ababccddd


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METAPHOR

- Till age snow white hairs on thee

PERSONIFICATION

- envys stinging- what wind serves to

PARADOX


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HYPERBOLE

- catch a falling star- tell me where all past years are

- teach me to hear mermaids singing

IRONY

- get with child a mandrake root


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CONNOTATION

- mermaids singing- snow white hair

DENOTATION

- a woman true and fair

- next door


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ALITERATION

Aliteration of l

- tell me where all past years are

Aliteration of n

- ride ten thousand days and nights


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Assonance

Assonance of a

- serves to advance an honest mind.

Assonance of a

- False, ere I come, to two, to three.


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ISSUES


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1) Finding perfect woman is

impossible.

John Donne compares two journeys to

portrays the impossibility :

i) Journey to find a perfect woman

ii) Journey to accomplish the impossible things

he mentioned in the poem

Go and catch a falling star Get with child a mandrake root find what wind will advance an honest mind


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2) Perfect woman does not exist

No where lives a woman true, and fair- In most cases while searching for a perfect

mate, we notice that

i) If a woman is true (faithful), she has negativephysical attributes.

ii) If a woman is fair (beautiful), she is not

trustworthy.* John Donne believed that it would be

impossible to find someone who is both.


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3) Infidelity & prostitution

she will be false, ere I come, to two, or three- This issue applies to any period of time.

- It is hard to find a pure woman.


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