Welcome to the definfitive site for John Donnes (sort of) famous poem, "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"
Live the awesome power of this poem by reading it, and then check out my genius studies on this fantastic piece of work.
John Donne (1572-1631) was one of England's greatest and most innovative poets (Cummings).
He's just dasing isn't he?
Donne was a 17th century English poet. He at in Queen Elizabeths last Parliament, secretly married Anne More in 1601,and had seven surviving childern. Author of the famous lines "No man is an island" and "never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee" (Anniina). He wrote "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" in around 1611.
Site created by Katie Green. Last updated 3/18/09.
