The rhyme scheme of this poem is abbacccdd. The narrator seems to be responding to someone who is criticizing his love. He does not care what this person thinks he just wants him to leave him alone. In the second stanza he reasons that his love is not hurting anyone so why should he stop loving. In the third stanza he is illustrating his deep love for the women.
Symbolism is another key technique used by Donne.
He refers to the pheonix riddle signifies a rekindling of sexual desire. The fourth stanza talks about the legend of their love and something about it becoming verse. Furthermore, everytime this poem is read there love will be reborn. The last stanza is about following generations and how they pay homage to these saints of love.