In John Donne's "The Good-Morrow" he uses diction to show how love exceeds the boundaries of time. Each stanza is a representation of a different point in time;past present and future. Throughout time love progresses from nothing, to everlasting. The speakers past that was without love was nothing, and pointless, but currently with love the speaker's soul is now alive with passion. Now tht the speaker has attained love, it is immortal it can't die. This love that the speaker possesses has no ending time, or death because it is just that powerful that it cant be contained by a clock or year. Once this speak found love, he found eternal life.
Donne's language in the 1st stanza shows how life was before love;confused, undeveloped and not awake. When he uses multiple question marks this shows the his confusion. Because the poem is written as if he were speaking to himself, so he is obvioulii asking himself these questions because he he is uncertain and confused. This confusion is also showing the how childlike his life is because he is without love and understanding of love. Donne also uses the words "Sleepers" and "dream" to show the state of his life when he is without love. "Sleepers" and dream"connote sleeping, and donne uses these words to show that life was not lively and awake with out love. And usually when people are dreaming and sleep their eyez r closed so therefor they cannot see the true essence of life with love.
The 2nd and 3rd stanza's are representations of his life in the present and future. In the 2nd stanza he uses the word "waking". "Waking" is a refreshing word, it connotes liveliness and new brighter days. The presence of luv has caused a newness. With love he is brand new, Donne also never questioned himself once in this stanza were he has found love. He is no longer confused he is quite sure that his soul is alive because of this love that he has aquired. In the 3rd stanza donne says "none can die". This shows that this love that he has is not normal or average it is of another species, one of which that cannot die but onlii live. This love can stand the test of time, which is a rarity.
In conclusion, donne expresses his sentiments about love through his language. He uses positive uplifting wrds to describe life with love. the love that is ao rare and genuine that it cannot die. No time limit can bind love once it is found. Without love he was sleep not aware of the endless possibilities that it would bring him. This love that he has discovered is greater than time and exceeds time.
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After reading The Good-morrow so many times and analiziing and commenting on the poem. The diction, his choice of words, are what strike me the most. When Donne chose his words he illustrated a perfect gift for his love. I agree with most of the things you've said. In the 1st stanza Donne uses references to his past, desribing it as a dream. In the 2nd stanza he is awaken from dreary past by his "good-morrow", his love. After waking up from his dream, Donne describes their love and the future in stanza 3, comparing it to them becoming one world. I also think that Donne was successful in expressing his sentiments.
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