Song This poem by John Donne is about a relationship with him and his lover. In this relationship he has to leave even though he does not want to. He compares their separation to death and says since they go through small separations like these that they will be ready for a big separation such as death. He says, “To use myself in jest, Thus by feigned deaths to die.” This means that their parting …showed first 75 words of 270 total…

…showed last 75 words of 270 total…relationship. This kind of love is true and goes much deeper than simple physical attraction. Eros love is the kind of love that is based on physical attraction and only the things that can be physically touched. Eros love is centered mainly around sex. The relationships that revolve around sex never last and are rarely true. His relationship with his lover is agapaic and his absence will be physical but their love will never end.