Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 17 AIL 1612 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Donne Begins Mid-Argument
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The idea
His poems often open as though a conversation were already running, with an imperative or an objection. The effect is dramatic rather than lyrical, and it is why unit five could read his speaker as a rhetorical position rather than a diary entry.
In practice
The conversation is already running.
Where people slip
Dramatic, not lyrical.
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