greatly on the unrivalled importance of love in the context of the life of the poet. This love had consisted mostly of an obsession with one woman, and an exploration of the feelings and situations that this caused in the narrator. Donne's reversal of that introversion came in the form of an intellectual exploration of the nature of his relationships themselves. The emotions of Petrarchan sonneteers were often described using seasonal imagery, includingcontrasts between warmth and cold. By intentionally manipulating the common poetic instruments employed by the classics, Donne creates a very ironic tone in which he twists and breaks apart those ideals. The poem The Canonization begins with, "For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love," launching an attack on the Petrarchan custom which demonstrates to me that he is not only assaulting the style but also the attitudes that come with it.
             Another extreme belief which Donne addressed was the perspective with which women were viewed in the poetry of the time. His work reduced the derisive distance which women were seen from but he rarely placed the object of his affection on a pedestal. The ideals of courtly love held the woman to be inaccessible however,
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