The Good Morrow consists of a battle between two worlds, the world of love, and the real world. The passage presented from the Blazing World consists of initial views regarding the evolution of scientific methods against reality back in that historical period. John Donne’s poem however seemed to lack historical background despite geographical background, and the passage from the Blazing world lacked geographical background however had strong historical background. In terms of language, both the poem and passage are similar such that they make use of repetitive words, for example, respectively, “let” and “delude”, in order to get across their significant messages. Other similarities include the use of metaphors, such as love and geographical hemispheres in the poem, and in comparison, optics and human organs in the passage. A lesson that can be learned from comparing these two works is the amazing extent to which humans can imagine worlds outside of reality. Perhaps it is human nature to rebel against reality in order create a future for ourselves and carry on the necessity of
The Good Morrow consists of a battle between two worlds, the world of love, and the real world. The passage presented from the Blazing World consists of initial views regarding the evolution of scientific methods against reality back in that historical period. John Donne’s poem however seemed to lack historical background despite geographical background, and the passage from the Blazing world lacked geographical background however had strong historical background. In terms of language, both the poem and passage are similar such that they make use of repetitive words, for example, respectively, “let” and “delude”, in order to get across their significant messages. Other similarities include the use of metaphors, such as love and geographical hemispheres in the poem, and in comparison, optics and human organs in the passage. A lesson that can be learned from comparing these two works is the amazing extent to which humans can imagine worlds outside of reality. Perhaps it is human nature to rebel against reality in order create a future for ourselves and carry on the necessity of