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Oh Contriere’ There are several similarities and differences in William Shakespeare’s “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun,” and John Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning.” Theses two poems discuss and dissect relationships on two basic levels: one level deals with love, and the other level makes strong references to lust. Both possess merit in respect for the time they were written and the style of world that we live in today. In …

…long of a distance or “expansion” there is between them, they stay connected through their own truth, endurance, and love for each other. Each of these poems has similarities as well as contrasting views. Both poems involve relationships between the opposite sex, but Shakespeare finds loss of love in lust as Donne seeks the greatest love of all: lasting relationship. Work Cited Kirszner, Laurie G., Stephen R. Mandell. Literature: Reading, Writing, Reacting. New York: Hartcourt, 2001.