The Anniversary of John Donne is a poem where he confesses his love for a girl on their one year anniversary, who he met one year ago and they have been in love ever since. The poem is made of 3 stanzas and follows the rhyming pattern aabbccdd etc.
In the first stanza, he talks about how everything has become older in one year, such as the kings and all the glory, and how it was one year ago he met this girl, yet their love has not decayed and never will. Furthermore, figurative images, such as "the sun in itself...is elder by a year now" and "only our love hath no decay" are included that provide emphasis on how long one year is, and how strong their love has remained in the one year.
In the second stanza, he states that although death will come upon them one day, it does not mean that their love will be finished, but it will remain strong in their souls, that will never die. "All other thoughts be inmates" is a figurative image that he uses to prove that their love will not decay whatsoever.
In the third stanza he mentions that although death will come one day, the two of them are the kings of love on the earth and should not separate, love forever and live happily together for years. He compares his love to the most royal creatures on earth-the kings and says that no king can have a such a strong love like the two of them. His emphasis on infinite time "years and years" shows that their love will stay strong infinitely long.
In the first stanza, he talks about how everything has become older in one year, such as the kings and all the glory, and how it was one year ago he met this girl, yet their love has not decayed and never will. Furthermore, figurative images, such as "the sun in itself...is elder by a year now" and "only our love hath no decay" are included that provide emphasis on how long one year is, and how strong their love has remained in the one year.
In the second stanza, he states that although death will come upon them one day, it does not mean that their love will be finished, but it will remain strong in their souls, that will never die. "All other thoughts be inmates" is a figurative image that he uses to prove that their love will not decay whatsoever.
In the third stanza he mentions that although death will come one day, the two of them are the kings of love on the earth and should not separate, love forever and live happily together for years. He compares his love to the most royal creatures on earth-the kings and says that no king can have a such a strong love like the two of them. His emphasis on infinite time "years and years" shows that their love will stay strong infinitely long.
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