John Donnes Loves Alchemy

washstand Donnes Loves Alchemy In “Love’s Alchemy,” John Donne sets up an analogy between the Platonists, who try, endlessly, to discover spiritual love, and the alchemists, who in Donne’s time, tried to extract gold from baser metals. This analogy allows Donne to limited his beliefs that such spiritual love does not exist and those who ar searching for it are only wasting their time. Donne cleverly uses spoken language that both allows the reader to see the connections between the alchemists and the Platonists and that allows for a more(prenominal) sexual interpretation of the piece.

The poem opens with two lines that lay the theme for the analogy and that have a sexual implication. The word “digged” and the stove of “love’s mine”, obviously allow for the comparing between the Platonist’s and the alchemists. Donne explains that some have experienced more love than he has, and, in having done so, have penetrated “deepe...If you wishing to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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