Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 17 AIL 1611 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Donne's Yoked Vehicles
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The idea
He compares things that do not belong together: two souls and a pair of compasses, a parting and beaten gold. The distance between tenor and vehicle is the point, because a comparison that has to be worked for is a comparison the reader must think through.
In practice
The distance is the point.
Where people slip
A comparison to be worked for.
Your place on the trail
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