Commentary: The Good Morrow


The poem “The Good-Morrow” by John Donne consists of a variety of literary techniques in which attaches the meaning of the poem along with them. This poem includes numerous counts of rhythm-based literary features. These features consist of alliteration, rhyme, internal rhyme, and repetition. Other key literary techniques incorporated within this poem are diction, punctuation, and imagery. All of these techniques give the poem the tone it encompasses and adds to the overall meaning of the poem overall.
John Donne’s use of the rhythm-based literary devices presents the poem with a sort of certain flow that is to be followed throughout the poem. This conveys the reader’s feelings towards the opposing mate in the poem through a tone that love plays apart of. The diction and punctuation used also illustrates the picture of innocent child’s play in the beginning, to a more of a hope-filled romantic. Also, with so many questioned asked in the first stanza shows how unsure the reader is of him/herself.
Overall, the poem “The Good-Morrow” consists of a tone that is packed with compassion, and hope for that compassion as well. With the literary techniques mentioned and the imagery utilized, this poem expresses the meaning of determination and will power foe something in one’s reach. The ability to endure and never give up hope on anything can only build one as a person.