John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" part 1
Channel: AlanTheFriesen
Date: 2011-11-17

I have no technical skills, so a classroom interruption made this a two-parter. Check my channel for part 2.

John Donne's metaphysical poem is  considered one of his greatest -- certainly the most studied in school. Learn about synecdoche, simile, and metonymy in this riveting lecture by the world-famous AlanTheFriesen.