Good-Morrow Commentary (AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW :)

In John Donne’s The Good-Morrow, Donne uses the specific repetition of “one” and “world“, and diction, to create a romantic tone and to illustrate his eternal love that he longs for. These words are often repeated to illustrate how Donne is persistent and committed to change and to show how much he wants to combine his world with another, which creates eternal love. Not only that, but this use of repetition and diction exemplifies that his maturity level has risen.

In the first stanza, Donne is deemed as lustful, childish, and immature, in which Donne clearly identifies with. Examples such as “…Sucked on country pleasures, childishly?”…..or “ If ever any beauty I did see which I desired, and got, ‘twas but a dream of thee” demonstrate how Donne just “ran through women” so to speak because he could. This shows his immature and lustful behavior. However, at the end, the line ‘twas but a dream of thee” demonstrates his change in attitude; he is realizing that “she” is the person that he really wants and that is what he has been waiting for. From this, we can imply that he has become more mature and that he really is committed to finding a serious and honest relationship.
The second stanza is where the repetition occurs. Examples include “Which watch not one“…..“And makes one“……“Let sea-discoveres to new world“….“Let maps to others, worlds on worlds“…..“Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one.”, which show that he is very persistent, yet committed to making a true relationships happen. His constant repetition of one and world demonstrate his longing for eternal love and the importance of becoming one with someone. The effect of this repetition is that it causes one to say “aww” because of his diction.
Stanza three also illustrates his higher maturity level, his commitment, and his want for eternal love by the use of “ two loves be one”. This shows that not only has he progressed from running through women, but it really finalizes the fact that he wants to make one world with someone, and that that” one love” is what he as been truly longing for. On a more literary note, this constant reference to the world and one illustrates John Donne’s talent as a metaphysical poet due to the fact that he mentions less physical things and more mental, emotionally, or spiritual things.
Overall, Donne’s repetition of one and world illustrates the fact that not only has he matured enough to be with one woman, and admit it, but to really settle down, become one with someone, and love eternally.