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22 March, 17:19

In "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," to what does the speaker compare him and his lover when they must be apart?

A

to two shoes on a dancer

B

to two birds that mate for life

C

to the two legs of a compass

D

to wheels on a cart

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  1. 22 March, 20:27
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    C. To the two legs of a compass.

    Explanation:

    John Donne's poem "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" is a metaphysical poem about the parting of two lovers. This farewell speech of the poet and his wife is a form of forbidding a person to be sad at the parting.

    Lines 25 to 28 goes as follows-

    If they be two, they are two so

    As stiff twin compasses are two;

    Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show

    To move, but doth, if the other do.

    It is here that the speaker makes a comparison between him and his lover and the two feet / legs of a compass. Thus, the correct answer is option C.
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