John Donnes Loves Alchemy Essay -- John Donne Poetry Poems Analysis

John Donnes Loves Alchemy In Loves Alchemy, John Donne sets up an analogy between the Platonists, who try, endlessly, to discover spiritual make out, and the alchemists, who in Donnes time, tried and straight to extract gold from baser metals. This analogy allows Donne to express his beliefs that such spiritual heat does not exist and those who are searching for it are only cachexy their time. Donne cleverly uses language that both allows the reader to see the connections between the alchemists and the Platonists and that allows for a more cozy interpretation of the piece. The poem opens with two lines that lay the instauration for the analogy and that deliver a sexual implication. The word digged and the image of loves mine, obviously allow for the comparison between the Platonists and the alchemists. Donne explains that almost have experienced more love than he has, and, in having through with(p) so, have penetrated deeper into loves hidden mystery, that is, they have reached a crown beyond sensual love where they have found its true centric or essential happiness. This would be analogous to alchemists, who, after many attempts, have been able to extract gold from other metals. Due to the diction that Donne uses and the style in which he expresses himself in these two lines, it is possible to extract their sexual meaning that serves to ridicule the claims and means of the Platonists as well as the alchemists. The language digged loves mine can be interpreted as...