True love is something hard to find. Some people doubt if it even exists. Throughout time people have been forever searching for that perfect soul mate to spend the rest of their life with. John Donne and the musical band Foreigner are both artists who have put their thoughts for their quest of t...

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 level...

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 level...

Sonnet 71(LXXI) expresses bitterness, self-pity, disillusionment and cynicism of love and love pursued in vain. Shakespeare's predicament is not a new one, anyone who has experienced life can relate but there is no dignity in his words. Sonnet 138 (CXXXVIII) expresses none of the previ...